Matt Estela
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Matt Estela is a Senior Houdini Artist at Google. Previously he was VFX Lead in Residence at the UTS Animal Logic. Academy, and before that at Animal Logic he's been a VR Supervisor, Lighting Lead, Fx Lead, CG Supervisor, and is one of those annoying Houdini evangelists you don't want to sit next to... more
Matt Estela is a Senior Houdini Artist at Google. Previously he was VFX Lead in Residence at the UTS Animal Logic. Academy, and before that at Animal Logic he's been a VR Supervisor, Lighting Lead, Fx Lead, CG Supervisor, and is one of those annoying Houdini evangelists you don't want to sit next to on the bus. less
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APEX graphs as geometry Nov. 11, 2024, 8:36 p.m.
It's worth reading this a few times, I keep reading it, and will continue to read it until it sinks in. 
https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/character/kinefx/apexgraphs.html [www.sidefx.com]
https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/character/kinefx/apexgraphs.html [www.sidefx.com]
Opening my "old" hipnc files in Indie Aug. 8, 2024, 7:33 p.m.
Opening Apprentice Files in Indie and the other way around Aug. 7, 2024, 6:57 p.m.
At a high level, if there's a conflict between what version of houdini you're running and what version of houdini a hip is saved with, the result is the lowest level license.
This is to stop studios being able to get a single fx license, have the entire team running apprentice, and be able to 'money launder' them through the single fx seat.
In your case you can either rebuild the setups, or from what I understand you can contact sidefx support, send them your apprentice hips, and they'll do a one-time upgrade of your hips to the license you have. I know they do this for core and fx licenses, not sure if they offer that service for indie.
Re in the future if you don't continue your indie license, apprentice will still be able to open the hips fine, again any houdini license can open any other hip, but in doing so the session will be downgraded to the lowest common factor. In your case you'd already be on the lowest anyway, so you wouldn't really notice the difference.
This is to stop studios being able to get a single fx license, have the entire team running apprentice, and be able to 'money launder' them through the single fx seat.
In your case you can either rebuild the setups, or from what I understand you can contact sidefx support, send them your apprentice hips, and they'll do a one-time upgrade of your hips to the license you have. I know they do this for core and fx licenses, not sure if they offer that service for indie.
Re in the future if you don't continue your indie license, apprentice will still be able to open the hips fine, again any houdini license can open any other hip, but in doing so the session will be downgraded to the lowest common factor. In your case you'd already be on the lowest anyway, so you wouldn't really notice the difference.