In this tutorial I will teach you how to create a Houdini shelf tool that inserts a customized timestamp into your file output path. handy for those time when you are iterating render outputs and need easy distinction between versions based on date and/or time.

    Some of the covered topics:
  • Creating and setting up a new shelf tool
  • Python and the datetime module
  • Understanding Houdini parameter unique_names
  • Reading and setting Houdini parameter values
  • Houdini python specific methods
  • Building and reading python lists
  • Hidden Houdini parameter hurdles

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Fendra Fx
David Torno

Fendra Fx

David Torno is a self-taught visual effects professional with a passion for the technical and educational side of VFX. Since beginning his career in 2000, he has worked on films, commercials, music videos, and large scale multimedia projects. In 2008 he started sharing his wealth of knowledge with other creatives through video tutorials, project templates, and utility scripts. While most known for serving as the Technical Director at Ghost Town Media for 8 years, David has focused mostly on 3D volumetric and particle animation in recent years. Through the consolidation of his life's work under the Fendra Fx name, David continues to create helpful tools, and informative training videos for the creative community.

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