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Aron Kamolz has released an overview of his experiments with the landscape features introduced in Houdini 16. In addition to creating height maps, he demonstrates plant scattering, texturing and materials, water, and atmosphere setup to create a mountain image. More on the .

In this tutorial, Jarrod Hasenjager shows you how to build realistic bronze shaders in Houdini.

A series of quality commercial tutorials by Steven Knipping, FX TD at Industrial Light & Magic, covering volumetric simulation, shading, lighting and rendering. They are also available individually; the first lesson can be watched for free. More on CGCircuit.

Sidefx has posted a new tutorial that shows the features of the Curvature VOP in Houdini. Watch it on Vimeo.

SideFX has made available a number of quick tutorials showing how to use some of the new features of Houdini 15.5. Watch them below.

A tutorial by Side Effects on using material stylesheets in Houdini to describe looks for objects, geometry, packed primitives, and crowds. Watch it on Vimeo.

A tutorial by Side Effects Software that offers an overview of new and existing shading features in Houdini 15, including an introduction to the new SHOP shaders as well as shading and layering in VOPs. It also provides a deeper look at working with BSDFs to build custom shaders. Watch it on Vimeo.

A commercial tutorial by Rohan Dalvi on how to create a complete project that will take the viewer through a variety of aspects of Houdini. Topics covered include procedural modeling, polygonal modeling, environment generation, cloud modelling, CHOPs, RBD, constraints network, smoke simulation, materials, lighting using HDRIs, setting up takes, rendering and final composite in After Effects. More on Rohan Dalvi's website.

A thorough tutorial by Keith Johnson on modeling, shading, lighting and rendering a realistic neon sign using Houdini: part 1, part 2.

A tutorial by Rohan Dalvi on how to create a car paint material using various layers and procedural textures. Video and download link available on Vimeo.