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	Encyclopedia: Houdini (software)
		Houdini primary distinction from other packages is that it has been designed as a purely procedural environment.
		Houdini uses this procedural paradigm throughout: for textures, shaders, particles, "channel data" (data used to drive animation), rendering and compositing.
		Houdini died of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix on Halloween, October 31, 1926, at the age of 52.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Houdini-(software) (1271 words)

	Harry Houdini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Doyle actually came to believe that Houdini was a powerful spiritualist medium, had performed many of his stunts by means of paranormal abilities, and was using these abilities to block those of other mediums that he was 'debunking' (see Doyle's The Edge of The Unknown, published in 1931 after Houdini's death).
		Houdini's funeral was held on November 4 in New York, with over two thousand mourners in attendance.
		British singer Kate Bush recorded a song about Houdini's wife visiting mediums to see if his soul had survived which was included on her 1982 album The Dreaming, the cover of which showed Bush as Mrs Houdini, passing a small key to her husband via a kiss.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Houdini (1741 words)

	Harry Houdini - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was the stage name of Ehrich Weiss, one of the most famous magicians, escapologists, and stunt performers of all time as well as an investigator of spiritualists.
		Houdini's last performance was at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan on October 24, 1926.
		Houdini had sustained a blow to his abdomen from McGill University boxing student J.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Houdini (1792 words)

	Houdini (software): Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Like Maya, Houdini is an open-environment and uses the popular TCL (additional info and facts about TCL) /TK (additional info and facts about TK) scripting language and toolkit (as opposed to the proprietary MEL used in Maya).
		Houdini is unique in its very rich set of tools, leading to a higher learning curve than other comparable tools.
		Of particular note is Houdini's very unique ability to work with audio, including sound and music synthesis and spatial 3D sound processing tools.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/Ho/Houdini_(software).htm (226 words)

	Encyclopedia: Houdini Animation Software
		Insertformulahe rel suite of animation software that is created by Side Effects Software, http://www.sidefx.com.
		Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 - October 31, 1926) was the stage name of Ehrich Weiss (born Weisz Erik in the native Hungarian), one of the most famous magicians, escapologists, and stunt performers of all time.
		A long-standing part of Houdini's act was to ask a member of the audience to punch him in the abdomen in order to demonstrate but Houdini was reclining on his couch after his performance, in this instance, and was struck several times, without the opportunity to prepare himself for the blows.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Houdini-Animation-Software (294 words)

	CGSociety - Side Effects Software Announces Public Beta of Houdini 7
		Houdini 7 contains many significant features that improve workflow for the complete CG pipeline while giving animators, lighting artists and effects artists more freedom to focus on the creative process.
		Houdini 7’s advanced Character Rigging tools allow Houdini characters to be easily set up as digital assets that can be seamlessly updated when any part of the character is changed.
		Houdini's animation workflow also includes a new channel list for access to animatable parameters, dopesheet capabilities in the timeline and many enhancements to the channel editor.
	features.cgsociety.org /story.php?story_id=2203 (716 words)

	Side Effects Software Announces Houdini 8 Public Beta - Software News
		Houdini 8 delivers many significant enhancements to its expanding CG artist community with particular emphasis on dynamics, lighting and character animation.
		Additional enhancements in Houdini 8 include: deep shadow maps for speeding up and improving the rendering of motion blur, transparent objects, colored transparency and tiny details such as hair; a light linking editor for managing light, shadow, and reflection masks; a new parameter spreadsheet; a render output dependency graph and much more.
		Houdini's character tools are currently being used at C.O.R.E. on Disneys feature animation The Wild. Houdinis rigging tools have provided incredible flexibility when setting up our characters, said Dennis Turner, Rigging and Crowd Supervisor.
	www.highend3d.com /news/software/24.html (635 words)

	creativepro.com - Side Effects Software Releases Houdini 6
		Side Effects Software™ (SESI), developer of the award-winning Houdini® family of 3D software, is pleased to announce the release of Houdini 6.
		Houdini 6 delivers significant productivity and efficiency gains via digital assets, a feature enabling technical directors to create and manage libraries of re-usable characters, effects and other elements that can be set up with artist-friendly controls.
		Houdini 6 has also been enhanced with a variety of new compositing operators and particles can now be set up to slide across a surface then drop off at an appropriate point.
	www.creativepro.com /story/news/19479.html?origin=story (817 words)

	Side Effects Software Announces Pre-Release of Houdini Apprentice Version 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Houdini Apprentice is based on the same powerful procedural modeling and animation components in the full Houdini application that recently garnered a Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
		Houdini Version 6 offers important features and workflow enhancements, such as tools for creating, publishing and managing Houdini digital assets into existing production environments, improved character animation tools, global illumination rendering, interactive light and camera controls, and an embedded help browser which is able to run interactive training material written using Houdini's internal scripting language.
		All artists who are working with Houdini Apprentice are encouraged to register for the Houdini Apprentice Challenge, a contest designed to uncover new animation talent for leading studios that use Houdini solutions within their visual effects pipelines.
	www.cgfocus.com /NewsDetails.cfm?NewsID=783 (758 words)

	Welcome to CG Channel
		By using Houdini, Vanguard was able to apply this sophisticated feathering solution to all the bird characters in multiple shots using a small, efficient team of 2-3 artists.
		The Houdini family of animation software offers digital artists an unprecedented level of power, flexibility and control based on award-winning technology.
		Established in 1987, Side Effects Software is a world leader in the development of advanced 3D animation and special effects software for use in film.
	www.cgchannel.com /news/viewfeature.jsp?newsid=4260 (610 words)

	Post: Side Effects releases Houdini 6.1 - Post News - animation software
		Houdini 6.1 offers artists and effects studios a variety of production-ready new features, including the ability to create, publish and use digital assets within and across projects with greater control, seamlessness and speed.
		Since Version 6, studios have been implementing Houdini digital assets to economize their workflows by creating characters and effects that can be set up, updated and easily managed throughout a production.
		Houdini 6.1 adds faster ways to assign the parameters of an asset, create artist-friendly controls and hand elements off to animators for easy interaction.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HNN/is_1_19/ai_112871816 (293 words)

	products/houdini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Houdini is an award-winning 3D animation software package that includes a comprehensive set of capabilities for digital content creation including modelling, animating, compositing, characters, textures, shading and rendering.
		Houdini has been used to create stunning visual sequences in blockbuster feature films including: 'Lord of the Rings'; 'X-Men'; 'The Matrix'; 'Spider Man'; 'Thunderbirds'; 'The Day After Tomorrow'; 'Around the World in 80 Days'; 'Troy' and many more.
		All the power and flexibility which make Houdini the choice of premier Hollywood and international production companies is becoming increasingly easier to access with the recent public beta of Houdini 7.0 and the availability of Houdini Select, Houdini Halo and Houdini Escape.
	www.techimage.co.uk /products/houdini.html (286 words)

	3D Software Reviews: Houdini
		While few studios use Houdini for the entirety of their work, many larger companies have at least a few copies of Houdini, or would use it when special problems that could be harder to solve in other applications.
		Houdini is a very sophisticated and flexible 3D animation package.
		Houdini's approach to 3D is ideal for visual effects Technical Directors and anyone who wants the maximum amount of control over their 3D tools, even if that also means that they sometimes have to assemble tools themselves that would have come pre-configured as buttons in other packages.
	www.3drender.com /jobs/houdini.htm (229 words)

	creativepro.com - Side Effects - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Side Effects Software™, developer of the award-winning Houdini® family of 3D software, announced the winners of the Houdini Apprentice Challenge at the Houdini Annual Meeting held yesterday during the SIGGRAPH convention in San Diego, CA.
		Side Effects Software™, developer of the award-winning Houdini® family of 3D software, announced today a career-advancing opportunity for 3D artists via the Houdini Job Fair to be held in conjunction with the Houdini Annual Meeting at SIGGRAPH 2003.
		Side Effects Software, developer of the award-winning Houdini family of 3D software, is pleased to announce the panel of judges selected for The Houdini Apprentice Challenge, an art and animation contest based around the company's Houdini Apprentice Edition.
	www.creativepro.com /company/news/1442.html (670 words)

	creativepro.com - Sony Pictures Imageworks Weaves Web of Innovation for "Spider-Man" Using Side Effects' Houdini ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Motion and dynamics were done using Houdini particle operators (POPs) to facilitate control and differentiation of varying web trajectories, and the different sorts of staying, releasing or coiling power necessitated by each individual shot.
		The procedural power of Houdini again enabled a range of different attributes to be assigned, complete with randomization of rooms and their colors.
		Houdini has been used to create stunning digital animation in blockbuster films including, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," "Cats and Dogs," "The Mummy Returns," "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas," "X-Men," "Hollow Man" and "The Matrix," among many others.
	www.creativepro.com /story/news/16796.html (1128 words)

	07/22/02 - SIDE EFFECTS SOFTWARE AND SUN GRID ENGINE SOFTWARE POWER LINUX-BASED DISTRIBUTED RENDERING AT AXYZ ANIMATION
		Houdini is one of the first professional 3D applications with production-proven support for Sun Grid Engine software.
		Houdini has been used to create stunning digital animation in blockbuster films including, "Spider-Man," "The Sum of All Fears," "The Time Machine," "Black Hawk Down," "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," "X-Men," and "The Matrix," among many others.
		Houdini is a registered trademark of Side Effects Software Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
	www.sun.com /smi/Press/sunflash/2002-07/sunflash.20020722.4.html (1055 words)

	Houdini Software - Magic Tricks, Illusions, Magicians.
		Software, developer of the award-winning Houdini family of 3D software, has announced the launch...
		If you want to learn Houdini, here it is! Apprentice is a free "learning edition" of the 3D Animation software Houdini which you can install at...
		Download [pdf 5.5 MB] Apprentice Challenge 2003 WinnersSide Effects Software is pleased to announce the winners of the first ever Houdini Apprentice Challenge.
	www.about-magictricks.com /Houdini-Software.html (444 words)

	Houdini (software) - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Houdini is a high-end 3D animation package by Side Effects Software that is often preferred over Maya or XSI in pure visual effects, as opposed to character animation.
		Also unique to Houdini is the range of I/O OPs available to animators, including MIDI devices, raw files or TCP connections, audio devices (including built-in phoneme and pitch detection), mouse cursor x/y position, and so on.
		One of the main differences is Houdini's implementation of joints: In Maya joint is implemented as a matrix.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Houdini_%28software%29 (480 words)

	Side Effects Software Launches Houdini Apprentice Program
		The Houdini Apprentice Edition will be available for the first time to all attendees of the Houdini Annual Meeting during SIGGRAPH in San Antonio, TX.
		To coincide with the release of Houdini Apprentice Edition, Side Effects Software will be launching a new Houdini community section on-line to facilitate the sharing of ideas and projects among Apprentice users at http://www.sidefx.com/community.
		With the launch of Houdini Apprentice, we are excited to nurture a new group of 3D artists, whether they are training for a new job opportunity, designing 3D for contest entries or simply designing 3D renderings for personal use," commented Paul Salvini, CTO, Side Effects Software.
	millimeter.com /news/video_side_effects_software_2/index.html (582 words)

	Magic Tricks - Houdini Software (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Software, developer of the award-winning Houdini family of 3D software, today announced that DNA...
		Robot and Spider-Man 2 used Houdini software to produce this year's most memorable...
		Side Effects Software is known worldwide for its Houdini software which is available as a...
	www.magic-card-tricks.org /Houdini-Software.html (445 words)

	08/09/01 - SUN MICROSYSTEMS AND SIDE EFFECTS SOFTWARE UNVEIL HOUDINI 3D FOR SOLARIS OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
		Based on its pioneering procedural approach, Houdini is used by leaders in the animation, media and entertainment markets, helping to create such highly regarded visual effects sequences as those found in blockbuster feature films, including The Matrix, The Mummy Returns, Hollow Man, X-Men, and soon-to-be-released Lord of the Rings.
		Houdini is used for animation and visualization at a number of world-class facilities including TRW, Northrop, Boeing, Sydney VisLab, Primal Pictures and Doug Struthers Studio.
		Houdini is used by numerous digital content creation leaders including Digital Domain, DreamWorks SKG, Electronic Arts, Namco, Nickelodeon, Rhythm & Hues, Sega, Sony Computer Entertainment, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Weta Digital Ltd. More information about Side Effects Software and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sidefx.com.
	www.sun.com /smi/Press/sunflash/2001-08/sunflash.20010809.3.html (1016 words)

	Houdini Software And C - Magic Tricks, Illusions, Magicians.
		Houdini Software And C - Magic Tricks, Illusions, Magicians.
		which software is better for that: Houdini or Maya and second I don't know which language to learn: Java or C++.
		houdini model tutorial is applet java quote stock ticker, xml tutorial free and library database.
	www.about-magictricks.com /Houdini-Software-And-C--.html (485 words)

	AMPAS, VFX Industry Find Innovation in Houdini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Houdini work on "Men in Black II" included an otherworldly opening sequence with planetary explosions; by contrast, work on "Spider-Man" involved building, lighting and rendering virtual cities to depict the Manhattan landscapes that the title character calls home.
		Two facilities with Houdini pipelines contributed effects shots to the futuristic thriller "Minority Report." Black Box Digital designed and animated screen displays used by Tom Cruise in the pre-crime unit, while Asylum Visual Effects used Houdini to animate and explode diamonds in the jewelry advertisement Cruise encounters while walking through the holographic ad-mall.
		Side Effects Software developed this procedural modeling and motion product into a high-end, tightly integrated 2D/3D animation software that would incorporate an impressive roster of technological breakthroughs and industry "firsts," such as putting a GUI on a procedural modeling system, introducing particle systems, integrating modeling, animation, rendering and compositing, and porting to Linux.
	www.cgfocus.com /NewsDetails.cfm?NewsID=740 (937 words)

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