Description
Houdini is a powerful 3D animation software developed and released by Side Effects. The product’s special focus on procedural animation sets it apart from other software in this family. This software has been used in various animation productions, including the most famous Disney, Frozen, Zootopia, Rio, Ant Bully, and has proven its ability in this field. This program also has a free version called Houdini Apprentice for non-commercial use and is available for free on the market.
Houdini has made every effort to provide a flawless product to the animation industry, so in each version of the program, a multitude of new features are considered based on the needs of users to speed up the quality and process of creating animation productions. Houdini is an open platform that uses a wide range of scripts to enhance its capabilities. For example, users are increasingly using Python to script the packages of this software, so that it has even surpassed the native script of this software, Hscript, but in any case, any scripting language that supports sockets can be used in this program.
Features and functions of SideFX Houdini FX software:
- Modeling various types of characters and 3D objects
- Creating animation based on keyframes, CHOP
- Supports camera movements to create unique scenes
- Good power in simulating dynamic materials such as clothing, water flow, body dynamics, etc.
- Powerful lighting with precise and intelligent shading
- Autonomous and efficient rendering engine
- Ability to add program features using various plugins
- And …
System requirements
Operating System
Windows:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows 7 SP1
Mac OS X:
Requires 64-bit Intel-based Mac with OSX 10.10.2 and higher
Linux:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (64-bit)
Debian 7.0+ (64-bit)
RHEL 6+ (64-bit)
Fedora 16+ (64-bit)
Open SUSE 12.1+ (64-bit)
CentOS 6+ (64-bit)
Mint 13+ (64-bit)
gcc 4.8 is required.
Memory
4 GB required
64bit Operating System required
8 GB or higher and 64bit strongly recommended for fluid simulations
Processor
Recent generation
64-bit AMD or Intel processor (requires SSE or higher) 64-bit required
Quad core processor or better recommended
Houdini supports MMX and Streaming SIMD (SSE2) where present
Disk Space
1GB required for installation
Input Devices
3 Button mouse required
Scroll wheel used where present
Wacom tablet recommended for Houdini’s brush-based tools
Graphics Cards
A GL3.3 compliant graphics card is required. GL4.0+ is highly recommended.
2GB VRAM or more is required. Less than this can result in display errors such as blank windows. High DPI displays (4K, 5K) or multiple monitors require a minimum of 4GB.
It is VERY important that you install the latest driver for your graphics card. Failing to do so may result in display issues and/or slow performance:
– NVidia: 320 or higher
– AMD: FirePro 12.104.2 or higher
– Intel 10.18.10.3958 or higher.
We do not recommend any specific computer manufacturer. As long as your machine has the recommended RAM, CPU, graphics card, and VRAM, it should be acceptable for use.
Monitor
minimum resolution: 1024 x 768; Recommended resolution: 1920 x 1200 (widescreen).
2GB VRAM or higher required for dual displays or single displays greater than 1920×1080.
4GB of VRAM (or higher) required for High DPI displays such as 4K and 5K (3840×2160, 5120×2880)
Color depth of 32-bit (“true color”) required.
We recommend you either select sRGB as your color profile or calibrate your monitor to gamma 2.2.
Pictures
Installation Guide
Installation video tutorial
It is included in the Readme file in the Crack folder.
It is better to disconnect the internet before installation. There are 5 boxes to enter the key, the first box is always the key that starts with SERVER. Since there are more keys, you can fill all the boxes with the keys once and click OK, then select MANUAL INSTALL Enter Keys again and enter the rest of the keys. Be careful that each time the first key must be the one that starts with SERVER.
Version 19.5.435 was successfully installed and activated on 25 Azar 1402 on Windows 10 64-bit edition and – as shown in the image –
Version 20.0.547 was successfully installed and activated on 17 June 1402 on Windows 10 64-bit edition and – as shown in the image –
Download link
SideFX Houdini FX 20.0.547 x64
SideFX Houdini FX 20.0.547 Linux64
SideFX Houdini FX 19.5.435 x64
SideFX Houdini FX 19.5.435 macOS x64
File size
Windows version: 2.17 GB
Linux version: 2.80 GB
Mac version: 1.98 GB
