Houdini ♥️ Unreal

The aim with this project was to explore the workflow between Houdini and Unreal with the main focus on environment building, character & camera animation. I wanted the animation to be shaky, rough and give the feeling of speed.

I also had some software specific aims

• Houdini
  • KineFX
    • I wanted to explore rigging in KineFX (the procedural rigging toolset in Houdini)
    • More specifically I wanted to learn how to create KineFX rig HDAs
    • Explore how one rig HDA can drive another
    • Create camera HDA for more quick camera animation
  • Scripting
    • Write a custom exporter to export a rig HDA to Unreal sequencer
    • Write a custom exporter for camera animation to Unreal and sequencer
• Unreal
  • General
    • As I am relatively new to Unreal just starting to use it to produce animation
    • Get to know
      • Sequencer
      • Movie render queue
      • OCIO workflow
  • Scripting
    • Camera & object animation importer

This is a part of an ongoing personal project, so the assets are evolved over time. I test various DCCs when doing so, so a number of different apps are used. To create this assets the following DCCs were used.

• Houdini
• Unreal
• DaVinci Resolve
• Sublime Text & Git
• Mixer (Megascans)
• Substance Designer & Painter
• Maya
• Blender
• Alias