Side Effects Software, developer of the award-winning Houdini family of 3D software, announced the immediate availability of Houdini 8. Developed to provide creative freedom without compromise, Houdini 8 combines innovation with practicality with powerful features such as new dynamics architecture, light linking, Interactive Photorealistic Rendering (IPR), character animation enhancements and more.
To celebrate the launch, Side Effects Software will host a Houdini 8 Road Show, which kicked off yesterday in London and will continue throughout October and November, with stops in major production hubs, including Los Angeles, Toronto, San Francisco and Dallas. The events are designed to introduce Houdini to the CG community with demonstrations of the new features of Houdini 8, in addition to technical presentations by Houdini customers. All cities on the Road Show will feature presentations from various representatives with Digital Domain, including digital effects supervisor David Prescott. Presentations to include an overview of Digital Domain
