Houdini 10: multi-platform 3D animation

14th May 2009

The company Side Effects Software announced a new version of its 3D-editor Houdini 10 for Mac, Windows and Linux. Versions for different platforms are compatible with one another, so that 3D-animation would have no problems when changing a platform.
This version introduces some innovations. Now you can use multiple computers together within a local area network to simulate the behavior of fluids. There are new tools of Pyro FX to create smoke and fire; the technology of Interactive Photorealistic Rendering (IPR) to quickly view the changes being made in the light of three-dimensional scenes.
Houdini is available in two versions: version Houdini Escape is available at a price of $ 2000. Houdini Master will cost you $ 8000. The latter provides tools for creating dynamic and visual effects with particles. In addition, there is a training version of Houdini Apprentice and Houdini Apprentice HD.