The version of Houdini we will be using is the apprentice version 10 or version 11.
Documentation
The documentation is all available online, as well as inside the software. For the online help:
Videos
The first videos to watch are the ones included when you install Houdini. In Houdini, go to the menu, click Help > Start Here. This will open up your browser window, and there will be the various links, including some links to videos. The
"Introduction to Houdini UI" is the place to start.
There are some excellent videos to help you learn Houdini. Many of these videos are for version 9, but if your are using version 10, that is OK - the interface is mostly the same in versions 9n and 10.
Peter Quint has also created some excellent videos to learn Houdini. These videos tend to be a bit easier for beginners, since they don't assume any prior knowledge.
On the Houdini Apprentice blog, there are some good videos to get started:
On the Houdini site there are also some other videos introducing the interface, which is useful for beginners.
And there are also some videos on specific tools:
There are also a set of commercial companies producing videos.
The is a Houdini You Tube channel where the Houdini people regularly uoload videos, oftend highlighting the latest features of the software. So these videos are probably less useful for beginners, but great to see the amazing things that can be dione with Houdini.
Of course there is also some other stuff on YouTube. here are a few:
There are also a bunch of commercial training videos that are not free. See the list of companies here:
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