Hello,



did they use Houdini for the effects in Spiderman 3 ?



thanks,



bern

AFAIK, yes
I'm sure there are some Sony people around who might be able to say more…
and I'm sure there will be a bazillion web articles and a cinefx out soon…

in the time being you might want to check this out LINK [amazon.com]

Interesting, considering they were probably working on it until 2 weeks ago.

That book is just a small part of the marketing blitz. No wonder it's already on sale..

Arriving at this thread a bit late … but, yes, Houdini was used extensively on Spider-Man 3. The majority of the Sandman and Goblin effects were carried out in Houdini (sand, mud, glider thrusters, etc). Spider-Man's webs are Houdini. The Symbiote/Venom goo was mostly Maya (although Houdini was used here too).

jesta
Interesting, considering they were probably working on it until 2 weeks ago.

That doesn't mean the methods used weren't done 6 months ago.

Anyhow, there are 3 articles on vfxworld.com that focus on the effects in spider-man. Naturally, nothing's too specific, but I liked it:

Spider-Man 3: Creating a Bigger Arsenal at Sony Pictures Imageworks [vfxworld.com]
Spider-Man 3: Breaking Down Sandman [vfxworld.com]
Spider-Man 3: Going Deeper into Goo/Venom [vfxworld.com]

Hey guys don;t know if you guys seen this yet but here is some of the spiderman 3 discussions from CG society website….

http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4091 [features.cgsociety.org]

this one is a french website but has alot of videos and pics on the development of some of the fx shots in the movie… some 3d breakdowns
and compositing …

http://www.pixelcreation.fr/3d-video/animation-3d-video/spiderman-3-homme-sable/ [pixelcreation.fr]

hope you guys enjoy….


George

http://www.pixelcreation.fr/3d-video/animation-3d-video/spiderman-3-homme-sable/ [pixelcreation.fr]

sorry for double posting but this the main pert of the site discussed earlier…


and for those who want to see the birth of sandman…

I hope i don;t get into trouble for posting company websites but this is just cool stuff… I don;t want to offend anyone….

http://www.imageworks.com/films/spiderman3/index.html [imageworks.com]

there is a video called technical overview of the birth of sandman this is just really nice… For those of u thinking what is the relevance to a houdini forum you get a glimpse of the houdini interface on the right monitor as he is animating sandman ….


once again i hope you enjoy…




george