After using the LookAt Shelf tool in Houdini several times, I wanted to explore and recreate the same method in SOPs, VOPs and VEX. In this post, I explored the same setup created both in VOPs as well as VEX and other potential methods in similar situations involving copy stamp or instances. https://chakshuvfx.gumroad.com/l/sops-vex-lookat-setup Example #1: Using a Circle SOP to control a Character LookAt in VOPs and VEX The basic idea is to create a controller circle or

In the last post, I had spoken about how we can use VEX to Art Direct our Copy Stamps and Wedges but it was more of a manual approach to...

In Houdini there are several powerful SOPs that can do amazing things, however, the Copy Stamp tool is unique and allows users to apply a...

The main motive of this experiment was to extract information from the lights and use it for several applications like simulations, basic...

In an earlier post, I compared VEX to VOPs through an example of a whirlpool. Since then I have received some great replies and feedback...