Houdini 18 - Procedural Prop Modeling - Chinese Knife

Name: Houdini 18 - Procedural Prop Modeling - Chinese Knife
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Create Procedural Models with Houdini 18 & Substance Painter!

Created byIndie - Pixel

Last updated 6/2020

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What you'll learn

The Basics of Procedural Modeling
The Basics of Procedural UV's
How to Create Low and High Res meshes in Houdini
How to Export from Houdini
Setting up a Substance Painter Project
How to Texture with Substance Painter 2019
How to set up a scene in Unity 2019
How to Match the Look of Painter in Unity

Course content

7 sections • 48 lectures • 4h 15m total length

Introduction1:10
Lets do a quick introduction of all the topics we are going to be covering in this course from Indie-Pixel!
Project Demo1:57
In this lecture we are going to take a quick look at the final result when you take this course.

Section Introduction1:49
Houdini User Interface - Main Menu6:28
Houdini User Interface - Shelves5:07
Houdini User Interface - Scene View2:57
Houdini User Interface - Scene View Configurations2:18
Houdini User Interface - Toolbox7:50
Houdini User Interface - Operation Toolbar3:28
Houdini User Interface - Display Options6:58
Explore Houdini's display options, from geometry display modes and hotkeys to grid, camera lock, lighting, materials, and visualization tools, to optimize your procedural prop modeling workflow.
Houdini User Interface - Network Editor10:18
Houdini User Interface - Parameter Editor4:36
Houdini User Interface - The Play Bar4:42
Houdini User Interface - Cook Controls3:31
Houdini User Interface - Customizing your Desktop4:48
Customize your Houdini desktop by arranging panes, hiding shelves, and saving named layouts; switch between desktops for different workflows, using the geometry spreadsheet and Python scripting.
Installing the Side FX Labs Toolkit6:37
Creating Houdini Projects5:47
Houdini Contexts4:14
Explore Houdini contexts, including SOP geometry, COP compositing, CHOP channel operators, SHOP shaders, stage USD workflows, ROP rendering, and PDG for procedural dependencies.
Section Conclusion1:44
Explore the Houdini 18 user interface basics, navigate the seeing view, network editor, and parameter editor, customize the user interface, and install the side effects labs shelf for enhanced workflow.

Section Introduction1:03
Lets do a quick overview of what we are going to cover in this section. If you havent already installed the Side FX Labs Toolkit, then please see the video "Installing the Side FX Labs Toolkit" video in Section 2.
Creating the Basic Shapes – Part 19:34
Lets start creating the handle for our knife. This is the first part of that process as we want to walk through and talk about what each node does in the process.
Creating the Basic Shapes – Part 29:30
Creating the Basic Shapes – Part 39:05
Section Conclusion1:05
Review the basics of node-based modeling in houdini, wire geometry from node to node, and establish procedural relationships; add details with the boolean node, then create the handle.

Section Introduction0:58
Generating a UV Layout5:23
Creating the High Res Blade5:42
Set up blade and handle groups, simplify the scene, convert the low-res knife into a high-res blade using voxel mesh and polycarve, and optimize bounding box settings for baking.
Creating the High Res Handle9:47
Assigning Vertex Colors for Substance Painter2:23
In Houdini 18, procedural prop modeling, assign vertex colors to aid masking in Substance Painter: red blade, green handle, blue metal, and prepare meshes for i.d. map bake and export.
Exporting3:41
Section Conclusion1:09

Section Introduction1:09
Baking in Painter6:08
Setting up the Blade Material9:36
Setting up the Handle Material9:18
Apply wood material to the handle and a darker metal cap, then refine UVs with try planer and rotate textures for alignment. Mask with color selection and IDs.
Making better UV's13:05
Re-Import into Painter2:39
Add a Stencil10:18
Add a stencil detail to a knife prop by importing a symbol, applying a stencil mask, and adjusting roughness and height for a burned-in aged look.
Exporting Textures2:51
Export all textures from the project as 2k targa textures with alpha channel for Unity five standard metallic materials, including roughness and transparency.
Section Conclusion0:52

Requirements

No prior Knowledge of Houdini is required
Basic Understanding of the Unity User Interface
Basic Understanding of the Substance Painter User Interface

Description

In this next Indie-Pixel Mini-Course we will walk through the entire process of creating a Chinese Knife prop for your game development projects. You will be taken through each step of the process from procedural modeling in Houdini, to texturing in Substance Painter, then finally setting up the the prop in a Unity scene.

You also get a complete guide to the Basics of Houdini's User Interface, as a bonus, so if you are completely new to Houdini, you can get up to speed quickly and learn how to navigate the Houdini 3D application.

What you Get:

Complete Houdini Project
Over 4 Hours of Video Training in 1080P

If you are new to Procedural Modeling or Procedural content creation for games, and want to jump start your learning in Houdini, then this course is perfect for you!

Who this course is for:

Beginner Houdini Aritsts
Beginner Game Level / Prop Artist
Anyone interested in Learning Procedural Workflows

Houdini 18 - Procedural Prop Modeling - Chinese Knife

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 3min

Houdini Basics - User Interface17 lectures • 1hr 23min

Modeling the Knife Handle5 lectures • 30min

Chinese Knife – Modeling the Blade​5 lectures • 35min

Chinese Knife – Preparing the High Res​7 lectures • 29min

Chinese Knife – Texturing in Painter​9 lectures • 56min

Chinese Knife – Creating a Unity Scene​3 lectures • 19min

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