Mystique Effect in Houdini with Vex 2023

Explore an intermediate Houdini course on VEX and matrix techniques to rotate objects in 3D, and begin creating mystic effects inspired by X-Men.

Explore basic 3d rotation in Houdini using VEX quaternions, angle and axis inputs, and the qrotate function, with radians conversion and transform node setup.

Learn to rotate a cube around its center by computing the center with get bounding box, moving to the origin, applying rotation, and transforming back to the original position.

Master pivot rotation in houdini using vex 2023 by rotating around the bottom center pivot instead of the center, using point position, vector pivot, and procedural group workflows.

Explore a SOP solver in Houdini that drives rotation with a mask attribute and attribute transfer. Build a feathered mesh, color-code sides, and remember motion paths with a sub solver.

Apply the for loop to propagate the code to every leaf, compute a center pivot, and rotate parts with quaternions while using the mask attribute to drive the animation.

Explore the Mystique effect by driving random rotation with a detail attribute iteration and a remapped angle. Visualize with a mask attribute to fade the grid and reveal evolving geometry.

Create a line and transfer the mask attribute to geometry, then use a wrangle and solver to animate and transfer positions, fine-tune the attribute transfer, and visualize the motion.

Explore per-piece rotation in Houdini by creating a pivot at the center, applying masks and the center point, and driving angles with iteration-based values while adapting axes per geometry.

Adjust rotation direction in Houdini VEX by swapping cross product inputs and setting the angle to -180; use the feed value, and download Udemy project file for the correct rotation.

Apply cross product to compute a perpendicular rotation axis from the geometry normal and a custom axis 010, normalize, and use quaternions to rotate the piece in Houdini VEX.