EXPLOSION FX IN HOUDINI
MASTER PYRO FX AND LEARN HOW CREATE EPIC EXPLOSIONS
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START DATE
5 May 2023
DURATION
11 weeks
SKILL LEVEL
Advanced
SOFTWARE
Houdini & Mantra & Arnold & Nuke
Most up-to-date techniques
Over 30+ hours of video
High quality CG & VFX classes
CRAFT EXPLOSIONS IN HOUDINI
EXPLOSION FX IN HOUDINI
Houdini has become the go-to tool in the FX industry. Whoever wields its power is unstoppable. The only downside is Houdini can be difficult to learn and the learning curve is steep.
In this VFX course, you will learn how to create a highly realistic nuclear explosion shot and various other explosion types from beginning to end.
STUDENT HOMEWORK
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Meet your INSTRUCTOR
SABER JLASSI
Rebelway Founder & FX Supervisor
Over 15 Years of Experience.
Saber started working in CG over 15 years ago and has occupied different positions as an artist in various countries around the world.
Before creating Rebelway, Saber worked as a Generalist TD at MPC London, a Senior Lighting TD at Framestore, a Senior Technical Director at Blizzard Entertainment, and a Senior FX Artist at Barnstorm VFX, during which he received a VES and an Emmy nomination for outstanding VFX work.
His continuous pursuit of knowledge and learning inspired Saber to create Rebelway. Now he teaches around the world and to shares his profound passion for the FX industry.
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
COURSE OUTLINE
This course will require 5-10 hours a week with 50-100 total hours of active learning and practice by the end of the course.
Your exact time commitment per week will vary based on the topic, assignment, and personal learning style. We strongly recommend dedicating time each week to learn and practice. If you ever fall behind, don’t worry, you will have lifetime access to the lessons.
Students should have an intermediate understanding of Houdini before taking this course. As a result, we recommend the following courses as a prerequisite:
• Houdini Fundamentals
• Introduction to Houdini for FX
If you are unsure if you are qualified for this course, please reach out to us at info@rebelway.net.
- • Intro to voxels and how to manipulate and create
- • volume data in Houdini.
- • Intro to dops and smoke solver.
- • How does a smoke solver works.
- • Fume FX, Maya Fluids, and why Houdini Stands out.
• Houdini 18 And Sparse solver
- • An in depth look at all Houdini Pyro Solver
How they work, which to use and what we need to modify - We will go through various simulations during this process.
- • Setting up a custom workflow to properly wedge and test everything there is to learn about microsolvers, how they work and how to use them.
- • Utilizing all the knowledge previously acquired we will go through an extensive process to create highquality, highly detailed explosion.
- • ARNOLD VS MANTRA VS REDSHIFT
How to use them and what we need to take our explosions to the next level.
The in-depth overview and workflow explanation will be done using Arnold.
Student will be offered extra learning material that can be purchased separately for volume rendering using mantra if that’s what they like to use.
- • An in-depth overview of the nuclear explosion.
- • We will analyse the visual and see if we have enough tool that will allow us to create the effect we need, if not we will make our own tools to solve the various and unique problem we will run into.
- • Create the base Nuclear explosion
- • We will refine and iterate over our explosion to find the best timing and implement any tools we need to get the details and look we want.
- • RINGS AND ATMOSHPERICS
• This is a very heavy task and we may not be able to fit everything in 1 week.
The goal here is the ground breaking effect but without using rbd and create the various layer that we think are need to sell the visual.
Debris, smoke, fog, etc…
• Lookdev and visual research
This is a very advanced topic that will require a solid understand of compositing using nuke or other packages.
We will go over the steps that i took to create the nuclear explosion look and full understand the though process behind it.
• The content of this week will depend on how much information was covered in week 10 and we complete the remaining steps here.
- • This workshop contains lot more information and the weekly breakdown is just the highlights.
• Assignments and weekly lecture are very very demanding and can be challenging to new Houdini comers.
• It is required that the student have a very good CG background in shading and lighting.
- • This workshop contains lot more information and the weekly breakdown is just the highlights.
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- INSTRUCTOR: SABER JLASSI
FX ARTISTS: URBAN BRADESKO & SABER JLASSI
- INSTRUCTOR: SABER JLASSI
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Our community-centric courses are crafted to nurture a collaborative and exciting learning environment. With Rebelway, you will learn VFX while networking with fellow artists.
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Perks for Students
Over $5,000 in Software Savings
All students in our Nuke courses receive student pricing discounts from The Foundry valued at over $5,000+.
Job Placement Services
We've partnered with the 80 Level RFP program to provide Rebelway students with priority access to their RFP placement services.
Private Job Opportunities
We partner with world-class studios to provide our students with exclusive job postings that are unavailable to the outside public.
Lifetime Chat Group Access
All Rebelway students will have perpetual access to our private chat group where we share resources, inspiration, technical Q&A, and more.
Rewards
Earn rewards points towards future training for every course purchase and completion.
COMMUNITY
Engage in discussions with fellow FX students and chat with mentors directly on our private forums and chats.
FEEDBACK
We have a dedicated team of FX artists ready to give feedback on your work and course projects.
WORLDWIDE
We are currently developing subtitles so VFX artists around the world can achieve their dreams.
Exclusive Student Perks
Software Discounts
All students in our Nuke courses receive access to student pricing and savings of over $5,000 off Nuke.
Job Placement
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FEEDBACK
We have a dedicated team of FX artists ready to give feedback on your work and course projects.
WORLDWIDE
We are currently developing subtitles so VFX artists around the world can achieve their dreams.
FAQS
We have an interactive quiz that you can take to figure out the best course for your skill level. You can take the quiz here.
If you are a beginner or new to VFX, we recommend taking our Houdini Fundamentals course.
If you are already familiar with Houdini, we recommend taking Introduction to Houdini for FX. This course is designed to be an overview of the essential techniques required to work on realistic FX in a modern studio pipeline. By the end of this course, you will have an intermediate level of Houdini knowledge.
If you are an experienced Houdini Artist, or if you already have an intermediate-level knowledge of the software, you can pick and choose any course on the site. Most of our courses are designed to give you specific skills required for different VFX projects (Water, Magic, etc.). So feel free to pick and choose as it makes sense for you.
However, if you ever have questions about which course is right for you, please reach out to our Student Assistance Team by emailing info@rebelway.net. We’ll happily recommend the best course for you.
Our online program is designed to help aspiring VFX artists have a successful career in FX & CG. Unlike other online schools, our affordable courses are exciting and tactical. Through our courses, you will gain the exact skills you need to work on Hollywood-level VFX projects.
In fact, many of our alumni go on to get jobs working for studios such as DNEG, Blizzard, Framestore, Disney, and more.
No, our lesson content is not streamed live. This means you can take the course at your own pace. We’ve designed our program to work around busy schedules.
We recommend the same specs listed by SideFX on this page.
It would be helpful if you could have 32GB of RAM or more, but it isn’t 100% necessary. ]
Many Rebelway students take multiple courses at once. While you could certainly sign up for as many courses as you want, we don’t recommend taking more than two courses at a time. A typical course will take anywhere from 5-10 hours a week to watch and practice, so depending on your schedule you can determine if it is feasible for you to take multiple courses at once.
Also, you will have lifetime access to the course lessons. So if you decide that the course becomes too much to follow, you can always follow along at your own pace if you fall behind.
You’ll also have lifetime access to the discord channel so you can get feedback on your projects and work even after the course has ended.
Yes! We are an online VFX school that delivers actionable and relevant FX education to the world.
Our online system allows us to deliver affordable education to aspiring CG artists around the world.
After successfully placing the order, you will receive an email with complete instructions on how to access your courses and private chat group.
The Rebelway online learning platform gives you lifetime access to all the videos and material provided with the workshops. You will also gain access to a private chat system forever. Once a rebel, always a rebel.
Every class has a dedicated professional instructor who will help you through lectures, project feedback, and Q&As. Every session is designed based on the needs of the student. As a result, every session is unique and updated with the latest FX techniques.
In our courses, you will have full-time support from our FXTAs (FX Technical Assistants). These artists will answer any questions you may have during the duration of the course.
Yes, we do offer Certificates of Completion with all our courses.
Using Paypal Credit you can split the payments of your courses into 24 or 4 payments. To choose this option, select Paypal at checkout using pay-in-full, in the popup window, scroll to the bottom and select either the 24-month option or 4-pay.
This option is only available for residents of the USA, UK, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, and Italy.
You may request a full refund within 14 days of the course start date. Email info@rebelway.net to request a refund. Our team would be happy to help.
You have lifetime access to the course. So if your schedule gets busy, you can always watch your material on your own time. You can see our full refund policy on this page.
Yes, click here to download a free PDF with information regarding our courses, time commitment, and program features.
Our courses are designed to guide you through different modules at a comfortable and exciting pace. As a result, modules unlock on a weekly basis. Once purchased you will immediately have access to week #1.
If you purchased any of our short formed mini-courses, you will receive access to every lesson immediately.
Rebelway does not currently offer subtitles.
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