psycho_matic

well well, this topic started with the title release date of h9 and ended in the old maya vs. houdini… hehe, but ok.

I think Houdini has a more professional workflow than maya, because nearly everything (nearly: fe. i3d is not) is procedural and node-based so you can work a lot more flexible (take halfway finished objects and produce something different ecc.)

But as said for normal purposes Maya is more diffused and Houdini used for very complicated vfx like tornados (tda tomorrow) and tidy waves.

But ok, back to topic:

Don't know, I hope it comes out this year, because i really wait for the aaaaahhh fluid simulator wooow…

Do you've seen the trailer? It can even simulate sand..

So…

greetings, alex

Don't know, but I don't think I'm gonna buy this one..

I got the first one and it's just amazing, a really powerful language/system to produce plants and fractal looking objects..

There will be another two Dvd's (I hope they will implement photorealistic shading) so I am gonna wait because I don't need most of the knowledge offered in this dvd (the only really important thing is for me the ivy whatever).

But it is like always a really great dvd for sure… cmivfx rules!

greetings