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Houdini Solaris Beginner Tutorial

In this Houdini Solaris beginner tutorial, Pixel Ninja guides us through the entire Solaris pipeline in just under an hour. Excellent primer video for users to get familiar with LOPS in Houdini and Solaris workflows.

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In this Houdini Solaris beginner tutorial, Pixel Ninja guides us through the entire Solaris pipeline in just under an hour. This tutorialis a guide for solo artists and small teams on how to use LOPs and USD in Houdini. The goal is to speed up the learning process for these tools, which often have information geared toward larger studios. The tutorial covers basic scene setup, scene organization using the scene graph tree, layers and USD, and how to work with geometry and effects. It also touches on multi-shot workflow and using TOPs for render automation.

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