FXPHD - USD and LOPs for Houdini Artists

FXPHD - 胡迪尼藝術家的 USD 和 LOPs 學習教程

越來越多的應用程序開始支持USD，大多數工作室都在某種程度上使用它。USD將繼續存在，并逐漸成為行業標準。本課程專為希望熟悉USD工作方式以更好地了解其工作的管道的藝術家而設計。它將涵蓋您需要了解的有關USD的所有基本知識，然后它將更加關注Houdini及其在版本18.0中引入的新LOPs，該版本允許藝術家按程序編輯和創建USD文件。

本課程首先解釋USD的所有核心概念，然后將這些知識應用于一個基于USD的管道中的示例拍攝。它將涉及資產創建、布局、動畫、FX和照明。最后，您將徹底了解USD管道從頭到尾是什么樣子的，尤其是如何在Houdini中處理USD文件。作為一名胡迪尼藝術家，從打開USD文件到將其導入SOP，然后成功將其導出回USD，您需要的一切都將涵蓋在內。

杰羅尼莫·馬吉（JeronimoMaggi）以3D多面手開始了他的職業生涯，在過去的6年里，他一直與胡迪尼（Houdini）合作，在故事片中擔任FXTD。他在Houdini的教育領域工作了幾年，目前在溫哥華動物邏輯學院擔任Character FX技術總監。

More and more applications are starting to support USD and most studios are in some way using it in their pipelines. USD is here to stay and it is slowly becoming the industry standard. This course is designed for artists who want to get familiar with how USD works to better understand the pipelines that they are working in. It will cover all the basics you need to know about USD in general, and then it will focus more on Houdini and its new LOP context introduced in version 18.0 which allows artists to procedurally edit and create USD files.

The course begins by explaining all the core concepts of USD, followed up by applying this knowledge on an example shot as it moves along a USD based pipeline. It will go over asset creation, layout, animation, FX and lighting. In the end, you will have a solid understanding of what a USD pipeline looks like from start to finish and especially how you can work with USD files in Houdini. Everything you will need as a Houdini artist from opening USD files to importing them into SOPs and then successfully exporting it back to USD will be covered.

Jeronimo Maggi started his career as a 3D generalist and has been working with Houdini as an FX TD in feature films for the last 6 years. He worked for several years in the education field teaching Houdini and currently works in Animal Logic Vancouver as a Character FX Technical Director.