DESCRIPTION

This is a Houdini project including detailed written comments, notes and explanations for a spark portal animation, inspired by the effect seen in the Doctor Strange movies.

The portal opens at the beginning of the animation and closes at the end.

There is a simple grayscale environment included in the project, but the main focus is on the particle effect.

The project is set up for rendering with Redshift. I've included detailed instructions on how the shaders and render nodes are set up, so you can rebuild them yourself using other render engines such as Karma, Arnold or Octane.

SOFTWARE VERSIONS

The effect was created using these versions:

Houdini Indie 19.0.455
Redshift 3.0.62
DaVinci Resolve 17.4

If you experience any issues with later software versions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

WHAT YOU GET

Houdini project (Houdini Indie .hiplc file, can be opened with any version of Houdini, including Houdini Apprentice)
Geometry cache sequences
Rendered 1080p EXR sequences (portal particles, portal smoke, background) ready for compositing
Fusion composition (can also be opened in DaVinci Resolve)
Rendered 1080p MP4 video of the composited sequence

MY CHANNELS

https://www.youtube.com/c/digipiction

https://twitter.com/digipiction

Spark Portal Houdini Project

Houdini Indie project

Geometry cache sequences

Rendered 1080p EXR sequences

Fusion composition

Final video