本教程是由cmiVFX机构出品的Houdini布料特效技术训练视频教程，cmiVFX Houdini Cloth Techniques，时长：3小时5分，大小：3.7 GB，MP4高清视频格式，附工程源文件，教程使用软件：Houdini，作者：Shivani Sondhi，语言：英语。

Houdini 是一个特效方面非常强大的软件。许多电影特效都是由它完成：《指环王》中“甘道夫”放的那些“魔法礼花”，还有“水马”冲垮“戒灵”的场面，后天中的龙卷风等等，a52的汽车广告，反正只要是涉及DD公司制作的好莱坞一线大片，几乎都会有Houdini参与和应用。

Houdini不光只适用于视觉特效的制作，随着HOUDINI适用于各种平台，并且出现了很多的HOUDINI培训教学，HOUDINI开始进入了动态图像设计领域。因为其自身的流程化特性，加上其强大的动力学系统，让HOUDINI在数据可视化方面占有一席重要的地位，让图形设计师能够通过它表达自己的观点。

cmiVFX机构是国际领先的高端特效教程提供者，网站以特效和三维技术为主，教程内容翔实而深刻，是少有的以深度而闻名的网站。而且教程的发散角度非常新颖，常常是技术弄潮人首选的新锐技术接受渠道。相对而言，其教程的价格也较高，不过由于其丰富的内容和实战的经验，已经物超所值。

cmiVFX Houdini Cloth Techniques

cmiVFX has released a SideFX Houdini Cloth Masterclass in which Shivani Sondhi explores the Houdini Cloth Context in depth. While employing a beginner’s approach, she begins the lesson with a comprehensive introduction to the features and tools available. This is a long detailed chapter that will get the viewer “up to speed” quickly. With the basics of cloth complete, Shivani dives deeper with intermediate to advanced subjects such as custom attributes, multisolvers and finally the sopsolver with cloth. This would be an excellent lesson even if she had stopped there… Lee Perry-Smith of Triplegangers kindly provided one of his excellent 3D characters, The Assassin. So naturally we just had to continue the lesson with a costume. Further, Mixamo Animation provided their excellent Animation services. Good animation is a crucial step to a good cloth simulation. Shivani continues the course by using all of the basics taught in chapter one to create a Roman Soldier Costume for the Assassin character. This is a massive lesson that is tightly packed. The viewer will have a very clear knowledge set after this lesson on how the Houdini Cloth Pipeline works.