Matt Estela

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About Me

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

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My Tutorials

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Solaris LOPS
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The Joy of VEX
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Building Generator
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CG Wiki | Maya to Houdini
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CG Wiki | Quick Lessons
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CG Wiki | Houdini Long-Form Tutorials

My Talks

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“Non-VFX” VFX | Matt Estela
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Hypercubes for VR Noobs
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Learning Houdini: You're Doing It Wrong and How to do it Right
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Houdini: You're learning it wrong (no really this time)
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Just the Tip(s)
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Great Kinefxpectations - KineFX in production

Recent Forum Posts

Why tetrahedrons in Houdini FEM simulations ? Feb. 15, 2025, 3:11 a.m.

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]

Opening my "old" hipnc files in Indie Aug. 8, 2024, 7:33 p.m.