Tea and Cookies with Houdini

part 1 – modeling

Content Details – 9 Video Chapters (with Audio)

Duration – 2 hrs 50 mins

lesson plan

• Modeling the Jam bowl – Basic Introduction to poly modeling in Houdini
• Modeling the spoon – Using attributes and ramps to control poly modeling
• Modeling the Cup – procedural modeling of the cup. In 3b we will model the saucer
• Modeling the Tea – Extracting the tea liquid surface from the cup geometry
• Modeling the Cookie – Painting Attributes and adding displacement using VOPSOP to add details
• Copy stamping and Cookies – Understanding the basics of copy stamping to creating copies of the cookie
• Modeling the Tray and the Crumbs – Using scatter and voronoi fracture for modeling
• Modeling the Jam – Using RBDs and VDB toolset for modeling

part 2 – light, shade and render

Content Details – 11 Video Chapters (with Audio)

Duration – 2 hrs 33 mins

lesson plan

• Lighting the scene – Adding lights and setting up the camera and the render engine
• HDRI – Adding an HDR for reflections and additional information about lights
• Material Basics – Understanding the capabilities and limitations of the Mantra Surface Shader
• Steel Material – Using the Material Shader builder to create the Steel shader and using textures to control various channels
• Plastic Tray – Making a plastic material for the tray. Learning how to use multiple UV channels. Adding bump mapping
• Porcelain – Using SSS to create a porcelain shader.
• Flooring material – Learn how to mix multiple texture maps to create complex surfaces.
• Tea Material – Controlling material properties via Geometry Attributes. Using Absorption to create liquid shader
• Jam Material – Creating a shader for the jam. Using Caustics for better lighting
• Cookie Shader – Creating complex displacement to make the cookie material
• Color Grading – Defining the look of the final render by using the compositing section of Houdini