Hyena groom techniques in Houdini

Name: Hyena groom techniques in Houdini
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)

Hyena Groom Houdini

Created byGuillermo Andrés Cortés Jácome

Last updated 9/2025

English

What you'll learn

Houdini
Groom
Renders for vfx
Karma

Course content

1 section • 13 lectures • 4h 36m total length

Houdini Interfaz10:18
References12:37
Checking Model22:22
import USD23:37
Create Groups13:16
Create and organize groups for a hyena model in houdini by naming face, ears, body, legs, and tail groups, then paint attributes efficiently using these groups.
Paint Attributes31:23
Guide Groom tool17:54
Create guides with the guide groom tool and organize skin attributes for face and body in Houdini. Shape the guides using brushes, masks, and length and influence to refine parts.
Body Guides32:41
Understanding Guide Advect21:32
Groom modifiers29:00
Master hyena grooming in Houdini by refining guides with resample, adjusting clump density and length, and applying noise and curve masks to shape fur and control face details.
Mari Textures basic18:33
Learn basic texturing in Mari by setting up a new project, selecting geometry, managing channels, painting masks, and exporting diffuse textures with aces lighting.
Houdini Shading23:53
Integrate zbrush textures and displacement in Houdini with Karma and Solaris, set up hdrI lighting and a camera, and assign udim textures to body and eyes for realistic grooming.
Shading Parts and presentation19:09

Requirements

You don’t need experience for this

Description

In this course, you'll learn how to create realistic fur for creatures in VFX, developing a robust and efficient production workflow with Houdini, Solaris Karma, Mari and Zbrush

We'll begin by studying the basics of grooming in Houdini, where we'll explore how to generate and control fur according to its different lengths and areas on the creature's body: short hair, long hair, and tail. Each section of the character requires a specific approach, and I'll show you step-by-step techniques that will allow you to achieve detailed and professional results.

We'll then work on integrating Solaris with Karma, configuring materials, shaders, and render parameters to ensure a photorealistic finish. You'll learn how to prepare your scene for lighting and rendering in an orderly manner, optimizing your production workflow.

We'll also explore the creation of textures in Mari, essential for adding realism and visual richness to your project. You'll see how to generate maps that add depth as a displacement maps and variation to the fur, achieving a believable, cinematic-quality final result.

By the end of the course, you'll have a complete and practical pipeline for creating fur creatures, applicable to both personal projects and film, series, and advertising productions and videogames and more

Who this course is for:

3d or interested persona in vfx