Blender user tries Houdini for the first time, starring Christopher Rutledge

Christopher Rutledge teaches me (a Blender user) how to use Houdini (the 3D program not the magic man)
Imagine geometry nodes except 100X stronger

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:08:14 - First steps
00:15:33 - Geometry level
00:19:02 - Softbody sim
00:24:06 - Volume stuff
00:27:37 - What is simulation?
00:33:44 - How to bring things into Blender
00:37:31 - Node groups and HDAs
00:45:04 - Beginner exercise
00:50:10 - VEX
01:01:41 - Animation
01:15:15 - Rigid body sim