Structure Synth VS Houdini

Structure Synth Reviews

Houdini Reviews

Structure Synth mentions (5)

• [1920x1080] Procedural 7x7 Sprites

  Yup! Last update in 2010 but still good ;-) http://structuresynth.sourceforge.net. Source: about 2 years ago

• [HowTo] CNC - Plywood - Geometric Patterns

  That being said: I am going to unilaterally decide to reinterpret your question as "how do I generate this sort of cool repeating texture for carving" and advise you check out structure synth. Source: over 2 years ago

• Algorithmic Botany, Biological Modelling and Visualization Software

  Http://structuresynth.sourceforge.net/ Of course if your bag is big expensive fx workshops like houdini or whatever you probably know what these are already haha. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Maps generated using Context Free and the resulting heightmap renders

  It's basically a 2D version of StructureSynth- not sure that helped. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Alien writings - generated in StructureSynth

  Well yes, it might be abandoned but it does everything you need. It's hosted on sourceforge and it is basically a 3D L-system. Lots of recursion and simple rules. Source: almost 3 years ago

Houdini mentions (4)

• Book or courses recomendations?

  Otherwise, Unity (3D) has tutorials for Unity, Houdini (vfx) has tutorials on their site (sidefx.com). Blender (3D) has a good community on reddit. For 2D animation the book "The Animator’s Survival Kit" is a common book people read in this reddit. Also lots of youtube tutorials. Search for whatever you want to learn ("how to paint grass in photoshop", "how to use animation in Blender", "how to animate... Source: over 1 year ago

• Coming from Cinema4D + octane

  Houdini is (a little) hard to learn, so the best you can do is focus on one area at the same time: Modeling, Vellum, Fluids, Particles, KineFx ... You can find a lot of free tutorials on sidefx.com. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Newbie question: Which software would I use to create the interactive, animated 3D model project I have in mind?

  It sounds like you would need a lot of procedural geometry, which is done best with Houdini. But it does not do interactive web. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Unable to Start Houdini - License Server Issue?

  I also checked my license status from sidefx.com and it said everything was correct, but of course now I cant even login to the website and it just throws me a 500 Error Code when I login, asking me to login again. Ive emailed support but figured I might check here too while I'm at it. Source: about 3 years ago