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Changelog

2025-11-30

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(BASICS) Solaris I - Overview (Karma/LOPs/USD) updated.
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(BASICS) Solaris IV - Rendering updated.

2025-11-29

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New Quiz (POPS) Quiz created.

2025-11-26

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Added Explanation video to Team Account Registration

2025-11-21

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New Quiz (BASICS) Quiz created.
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New Quiz (RBDS) Quiz created.
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New Quiz (PYRO) Quiz created.

2025-10-27

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(BASICS) Installation + Licensing updated.

2025-10-15

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(POPS) working with references updated.

2025-10-14

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(POPS) Hit Attributes updated.

2025-10-07

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(POPS) DOPs - an Overview updated.
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(PYRO) Pyro Crash Course updated.
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New Video (FLIP) Meshing Alternatives created.
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New Video (MPM) Meshing I - NPS created.
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New Video (PYRO) [H21] Pyro Thrust Exhaust created.
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New Video (PYRO) Upressing in H21 created.

2025-09-19

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(BASICS) COPs Basics updated.

2025-09-18

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New Video (BASICS) COPs - Working with geo created.
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(BASICS) Noise / UVs / Texture Generation updated.
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New Video (BASICS) COPs - SDF created.
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New Video (BASICS) COPs FLOW / Simulations created.

2025-09-07

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New Video (BASICS) ACES Basic Settings created.

2025-09-05

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(BASICS) groups updated.
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(BASICS) Attributes and attribute classes updated.
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New Video (MPM) Sourcing created.

2025-09-02

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New Video (PYRO) H21: COPERNICUS created.

2025-08-31

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(BASICS) Interface I - Basics / Navigation updated.
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New Video (BASICS) Interface III - Working Lights created.

2025-08-29

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(BASICS) [Solaris] SHADING I - Materialx updated.
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(BASICS) Solaris II - Hierarchy/USD updated.
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(BASICS) Solaris III - Camera/Lights/Materials updated.
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(BASICS) Houdini 21 updated.
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New Video (BASICS) COPs - Overview created.

2025-08-28

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(BASICS) Flags updated.
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(POPS) pop Collision behaviour updated.
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(BASICS) Transform objects / pivots updated.

2025-08-27

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New Video (BASICS) Internal Notes created.

2025-08-13

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New Video (PYRO) Update H21: New Pyro Presets created.

2025-08-07

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(BASICS) [Example] Donut II - Rotation updated.

2025-08-05

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New Video (FLIP) H21: Neural point surfacing created.
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New Video (RBDS) RBD Car Tools created.

2025-06-30

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New Video (RBDS) Voronoi III - name clashing created.

2025-06-26

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(BASICS) Reducing/Remeshing Geometry updated.
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(BASICS) VFX Software updated.

2025-05-06

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(MPM) Materials III - Liquid / Viscous updated.

2025-05-05

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Added MPM to progress bar

2025-04-17

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(FLIP) Timeline Caching limit updated.
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(BASICS) advanced curve tools updated.

2025-04-16

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(PYRO) Viewport updated.

2025-04-12

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(BASICS) [Homework] Palisade tool updated.

2025-04-11

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(BASICS) VFX Departments updated.

2025-04-10

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(FLIP) (No) Whitewater updated.

2025-04-04

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Custom Invoice Address can now be changed in the profile page.
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Feedback input fixed (easier to resize, sending after resize fixed)

2025-03-14

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First iteration of improving useability on mobile devices

2025-03-10

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New Video (FLIP) Ocean shader created.
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New Video (PYRO) [LOP] Render Pyro in Solaris/Karma created.

2025-03-07

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(RBDS) Convex shapes II updated.
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New Video (FLIP) FLIP vs. MPM (20.5) created.

2025-03-01

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New Video (BASICS) Advanced Noise created.

2025-02-25

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New Video (PYRO) [EXAMPLE] FIREPLACE II - [LOP] LIGHTING/ SHADING/ RENDERING/ EMBERS created.

2025-02-22

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New Video (BASICS) time dependency / timeshift created.

2025-02-21

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New Video (RBDS) Geometry preparation created.

2025-02-20

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(FLIP) Flip Tanks updated.
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New Video (RBDS) Caching RBD created.

2025-02-17

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(RBDS) [example] crag falling apart updated.

2025-02-13

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(BASICS) File Access III: Caching updated.

2025-02-12

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New Video (VEX) VEX/VOPs in Simulations created.

2025-02-11

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(RBDS) collisions / physical properties updated.
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(BASICS) Career / Showreel advice updated.

2025-02-10

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(RBDS) RBD Jitter fix updated.
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(RBDS) density vs. mass updated.
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(VELLUM) (Advanced) editing of Constraints updated.

2025-02-08

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New Video (POPS) [Homework] Magic Wand created.

2025-02-04

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(FLIP) Shelf tool analysis: small ocean updated.
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New Video (BASICS) Projects (Optional) created.

2025-02-03

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(RBDS) custom constraints updated.
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(BASICS) multi copy updated.
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(BASICS) render farms updated.
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New Video (MPM) Rigid materials (avoid) created.

2025-01-29

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(POPS) v vs force updated.

2025-01-28

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(FLIP) collision velocity updated.
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(POPS) [example] turn to dust updated.
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(FLIP) H19.5 Collisions updated.
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(VELLUM) Vellum Grains - Sourcing updated.
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New Video (POPS) Refresher: Render farms for simulations created.

2025-01-26

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(BASICS) trace updated.
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(VELLUM) [Homework] dancing wind man updated.

2025-01-22

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(VELLUM) Vellum Strings/Hair updated.
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(BASICS) FX Hardware updated.
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(FLIP) Narrow Band updated.
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(VELLUM) properties: mass updated.
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(POPS) POP Groups updated.

2025-01-21

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(VELLUM) Soft volumes updated.

2025-01-20

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New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Grains Elastic/Slime created.
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New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Grains - Clumping II created.

2025-01-19

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(BASICS) basic curves updated.

2025-01-14

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New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Grains - Basics created.
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New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Grains - Clumping I created.
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New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Grains - Intro created.
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New Video (VELLUM) Minimal Solver / VDB Collider created.
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New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Grains - Activation created.

2024-12-07

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(BASICS) [Example] Spiral staircase updated.
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(BASICS) match size updated.

2024-12-02

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(BASICS) common bugs updated.

2024-12-01

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(PYRO) pyro solver overview updated.

2024-11-30

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(RBDS) start velocity and mass updated.
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(PYRO) Dissipation and Wind updated.
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(RBDS) RBD Material Fracture III - Additional functions updated.

2024-11-29

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(POPS) Pre-Rolls updated.
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(VELLUM) Iterations / substeps updated.

2024-11-26

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(VELLUM) Pinning I: pin to space updated.
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(BASICS) [Example] grass field updated.
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(BASICS) Pack/Unpack/Convert updated.

2024-11-25

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(POPS) Visualizing Grains in the viewport updated.

2024-11-10

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(VELLUM) Vellum Caching updated.
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(BASICS) paint attributes updated.

2024-11-09

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New Video (MPM) Materials IV - Sandy created.
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New Video (POPS) [Solaris] Points as Lights created.

2024-11-08

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(VEX) Volumes: Offsetting Volumes updated.
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New Video (BASICS) [Solaris] Volume rendering created.

2024-11-07

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(BASICS) VEX II - Parameters & variables updated.

2024-11-06

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(POPS) (More) POP Sourcing updated.

2024-11-04

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New Video (POPS) [Solaris] POP Shading created.
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New Video (POPS) [Solaris] Rendering POPs I - pscale and motion blur created.

2024-11-03

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(RBDS) [example] fruit loops updated.
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(RBDS) v and w updated.
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(FLIP) boiling water updated.
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(FLIP) Air Incompressibility updated.
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(BASICS) Visualization updated.

2024-11-02

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New Video (MPM) Intro / History created.
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New Video (MPM) Collisions I - Basics created.
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New Video (MPM) MPM Crashcourse created.
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New Video (MPM) MPM Container created.
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New Video (MPM) Theory / Tech created.
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New Video (MPM) MPM Source - Sourcing/Emission created.
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New Video (MPM) MPM Solver created.
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New Video (MPM) Materials II - Chunky created.
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New Video (MPM) Materials I - Elastic created.
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New Video (MPM) Density / mass created.

2024-11-01

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(PYRO) volume tools updated.

2024-10-30

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(VEX) [EXAMPLE] DOPs magnet updated.

2024-10-21

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New Video (POPS) Quick update: Vellum Grains / MPM created.
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New Video (VELLUM) Quick update: Vellum Grains created.

2024-10-08

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(BASICS) [Homework] Disco Ball Effect updated.
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(BASICS) "For Loops" updated.
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(BASICS) Boolean node updated.

2024-10-02

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New Video (BASICS) Tile Pattern Node created.
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New Video (BASICS) [Examples] Texture Generation created.

2024-09-20

Revamp of the invoice system (nicer invoices (past 2022))
Moved "Rendering" after "Fundamentals II" in the Basics Chapter

2024-09-18

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(BASICS) [Solaris] Render Subdivisions updated.

2024-09-16

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(BASICS) [ROPs] Lighting updated.
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New Video (BASICS) [Solaris] Lighting created.

2024-09-10

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New Video (BASICS) [Solaris] SHADING II - Textures, Noise, Layering created.
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New Video (BASICS) [Solaris] SHADING III - Bump, Displacement created.

2024-09-01

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(PYRO) [example] Cigar updated.

2024-08-26

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(BASICS) Contexts updated.
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(RBDS) RBD Forces updated.

2024-08-23

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New Video (MPM) /////REMINDER created.

2024-08-03

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(FLIP) custom FLIP Setup updated.

2024-08-02

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(VELLUM) [Homework] Fill a cup with balls updated.
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New Video (BASICS) [H20.5] Recipes (Preview) created.

2024-07-29

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(BASICS) Houdini 20.5 updated.

2024-05-19

Updated server infrastructure. Website should be snappier now.

2024-02-18

Accounts can now be correctly deleted.

2024-02-15

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(POPS) POP Replicate updated.

2024-02-08

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(POPS) physical properties updated.

2024-01-26

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New Video (POPS) Resource Management created.

2024-01-20

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(BASICS) Assets updated.
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(BASICS) packed geometry updated.
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(BASICS) Using the website updated.

2024-01-17

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(RBDS) internal/ global substeps in RBD updated.
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(BASICS) circle/sphere/object packing updated.

2024-01-15

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added new price plans allowing to prepay for 6 or 12 months
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(RBDS) Packing for RBD Objects / Assemble updated.
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New Video (RBDS) Deforming geometry created.

2024-01-06

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(VELLUM) [Example] Peel Off effect updated.
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(BASICS) Flipbook updated.

2023-12-19

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New Video (VELLUM) Geometry preparation for sims created.

2023-12-16

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(RBDS) [example] Wood shatter updated.

2023-12-15

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(PYRO) cloud tools updated.
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(PYRO) cloud fields updated.

2023-12-14

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(RBDS) RBD Collisions Intro updated.

2023-12-12

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(VELLUM) constraints overview updated.
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(RBDS) RBD spawning updated.

2023-12-11

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(RBDS) [example] Glass shatter updated.
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(BASICS) Procedural Modeling: electric pole updated.

2023-12-10

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(RBDS) RBD Constraints Overview updated.

2023-12-08

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New Video (RBDS) RBD Material Fracture II - Glass+Wood created.

2023-12-07

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New Video (RBDS) Cone Twist Constraints created.

2023-12-03

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(RBDS) Switching @active / @animated / @deforming updated.
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New Video (RBDS) Animated / Deforming Collisions created.

2023-11-28

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New Video (BASICS) Geometry preparation created.

2023-11-23

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(PYRO) [RBD] Debris Dust/Smoke updated.
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(PYRO) sourcing operations updated.
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(BASICS) [Example] Donut I - Scale updated.

2023-11-16

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(PYRO) Temperature/ buoyancy / gravity updated.

2023-11-14

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Fixing special characters bug when registering (password and username can now contain nonenglish characters)
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(BASICS) [Bonus] scattering tips - distribution and pscale updated.

2023-11-12

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(BASICS) groups II updated.
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New Video (BASICS) Houdini 20 created.
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New Video (FLIP) Shallow water / Ripple created.

2023-11-08

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(FLIP) Introduction updated.

2023-10-26

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(PYRO) [ROP] Render Pyro (smoke) updated.

2023-10-25

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(POPS) Working with time II - timewarp updated.

2023-07-15

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(POPS) [ROP] POP Shading updated.
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(POPS) DOP collision representation / SDFs updated.
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(BASICS) File Access I - Reading/importing updated.

2023-07-10

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Starting to roll out the new video player to all videos...

2023-07-04

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New Video (FLIP) Density created.

2023-07-01

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New Video (VELLUM) Clothing / Vellum Drape created.
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New Video (FLIP) Pressure / Divergence created.

2023-06-28

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(FLIP) boundary layer updated.
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(FLIP) FLIP H19.5 Containers / Container stream updated.
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(FLIP) H19.5 Sources/Sinks updated.

2023-06-27

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New Video (BASICS) KineFX created.

2023-06-21

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(BASICS) [ROPs] Rendering in Mantra / ROPs updated.

2023-06-20

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(POPS) [example] Fireworks updated.
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(BASICS) Rendering Overview (ROPs vs. Solaris) updated.

2023-06-12

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New Video (VEX) advanced point functions created.
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New Video (VEX) Limiting functions by groups created.

2023-06-07

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(BASICS) [ROPs] Shading I - Assigning materials updated.
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(BASICS) [ROPs] Shading IV - Bump+Displacements updated.
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(BASICS) [ROPs] Shading III - Textures, Noise & Layers updated.
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(BASICS) [ROPs] Shading II - Principled Shader updated.

2023-05-04

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(VELLUM) [Homework] Ventilator updated.

2023-05-02

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(VEX) distance( ) updated.

2023-04-23

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(VELLUM) tearing / weld constraint updated.

2023-04-12

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(BASICS) The magic node: Point Deform updated.
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(BASICS) [Example] cartoon tree updated.
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New Video (RBDS) Boolean Fracture created.

2023-04-11

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(RBDS) Intro to Fracturing updated.

2023-02-28

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First implementation of an "autoplay" function. (As a button in the videoplayer)

2023-02-14

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Changed the logic for the "update" icon:
Now every video (you have watched) before and was updated since then will get an "update" icon.

2023-02-10

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(RBDS) metal denting updated.

2023-02-08

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(FLIP) sourcing tips updated.

2023-02-07

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(RBDS) Glass shatter render fix updated.

2023-02-06

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(FLIP) [Homework] Flip Tornado updated.

2023-02-03

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(FLIP) Meshing / Surfacing updated.

2023-01-30

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(FLIP) [Homework] simple mountain river updated.

2023-01-29

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(BASICS) Volumes updated.

2023-01-27

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Implemented first iteration of the new design.

2023-01-24

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(FLIP) [example] water sphere/spiral updated.

2023-01-21

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(PYRO) Analysis: Bonfire Pre-Set updated.

2023-01-20

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New Video (PYRO) [Example] Fireplace II - [ROP] lighting/ shading/ rendering/ embers created.

2023-01-13

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(FLIP) ocean spectrum updated.

2023-01-06

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(FLIP) visualising speed updated.
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(RBDS) RBD Material Fracture I - concrete updated.

2022-12-19

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(BASICS) SDFs - Signed Distance Fields updated.
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(PYRO) Flame look updated.

2022-12-17

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(POPS) Solver: Snow Footprints updated.

2022-12-16

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(FLIP) Flip+RBD updated.

2022-12-15

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(VELLUM) breaking constraints manually updated.
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New Video (BASICS) Attribute adjust nodes created.

2022-12-14

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(POPS) Basic POP Setup I updated.
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New Video (POPS) Basic POP Setup II created.

2022-12-13

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(BASICS) the geometry spreadsheet updated.

2022-12-08

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(RBDS) [example] wall II - part 1 (Fracturing) updated.
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(RBDS) [example] wall II - part 2 (Constraints/Tweaks) updated.

2022-11-30

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(POPS) Expressions II - sin, cos, usage in POPs updated.
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(VELLUM) Forces and Dive Target updated.
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(BASICS) fitRange() / remap updated.

2022-11-29

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(BASICS) attribute from Textures updated.

2022-11-24

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(POPS) static object - bringing collisions into DOPs updated.
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(PYRO) colored Smoke updated.

2022-11-14

Added first iteration of changelog system at bottom of videos

2022-10-09

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(VELLUM) Vellum Rigids updated.

2022-10-04

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(POPS) advanced collisions updated.

2022-09-29

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(VELLUM) properties: velocity updated.

2022-09-28

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(POPS) sleeping updated.
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(VEX) deformer basics updated.

2022-09-27

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(POPS) DOP Output/ Attributes updated.

2022-09-20

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(RBDS) @active updated.

2022-09-19

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(BASICS) randomness updated.
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(BASICS) noise updated.

2022-09-06

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(POPS) POP Wind updated.

2022-09-01

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(POPS) POP Force updated.
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(PYRO) Understanding Explosion Sourcing: Pyro Burst Source updated.

2022-08-24

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(PYRO) Flames Basics / Crash course updated.

2022-08-23

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New Video (BASICS) TOPS/PDG created.

2022-08-21

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(RBDS) RBD Guide: secondary fracturing updated.
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(RBDS) RBD Guide updated.

2022-08-17

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New Video (RBDS) Wedging II - Simulations created.

2022-08-16

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(PYRO) Viewport Volume Resolution updated.
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(PYRO) Pyro sourcing updated.

2022-08-15

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(BASICS) SideFX Labs / qLib / MOPs updated.

2022-07-26

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(POPS) DopImport updated.

2022-07-25

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updated the security system to prevent unallowed sharing of accounts
(Please contact me if this creates problems for you)

2022-07-24

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New Video (FLIP) Beach II / Analysis Beach Tank Shelf tool created.

2022-07-23

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New Video (PYRO) Velocity Scale created.

2022-07-22

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(BASICS) (Tip) Dashbox, Quickmarks and radial menus updated.
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New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Fluids created.

2022-07-21

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(FLIP) DOP import fields / DOP I/O updated.

2022-07-20

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New Video (FLIP) H19.5 basic Setup created.
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New Video (FLIP) FLIP SOP vs FLIP DOP created.
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New Video (FLIP) H19.5 Pipeline created.
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New Video (FLIP) [Analysis] FLIP Configure Lava created.
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New Video (FLIP) H19.5 Viscosity created.
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New Video (FLIP) [Analysis] FLIP Configure Tank + Flip I created.
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New Video (RBDS) H19.5 UI Changes created.

2022-07-14

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New Video (FLIP) Shallow water + ripple created.

2022-07-10

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New Video (POPS) Wedging I created.
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New Video (VELLUM) Simulation interaction/mixing created.

2022-07-09

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New Video (PYRO) ACES created.

2022-06-30

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New Video (FLIP) H19.5 Boundary created.

2022-06-28

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(RBDS) Low to high / Proxy Geo updated.
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New Video (BASICS) Viewport colors / viewport materials / ACES created.
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New Video (VEX) [Example] Cable Generator created.

2022-06-24

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New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Collisions created.
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New Video (VEX) Arrays, nearpoints(), foreach created.
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New Video (VEX) pcopen() + pcimport()/pcfilter() created.
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New Video (VEX) double cross product created.

2022-06-22

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New Video (VEX) xyzdist() + primuv() (part2) created.

2022-06-19

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(VELLUM) struts updated.
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New Video (VEX) xyzdist() + primuv() (part1) created.

2022-06-18

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(RBDS) [homework] Break a statue (Glue Constraint) updated.

2022-06-17

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(VELLUM) Pressure updated.
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(POPS) Clumping (outdated technique) updated.

2022-06-16

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(POPS) Friction / stickyiness / simple Clumping updated.
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(RBDS) RBD Constraints (Glue) updated.
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New Video (PYRO) Volume deform created.

2022-06-15

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(RBDS) [homework] wall I updated.
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(VELLUM) vellum post process updated.

2022-06-14

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(RBDS) hard constraints updated.

2022-06-02

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(FLIP) [example] Geysir updated.

2022-03-30

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(RBDS) interior detail updated.
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(RBDS) [example] breaking ground updated.

2022-03-24

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(POPS) [example] growing roots updated.

2022-03-23

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(VELLUM) Pinning II: Pin to Animation updated.

2022-03-21

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(BASICS) curlnoise updated.

2022-03-19

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(POPS) POP Curve Force updated.

2022-03-18

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(BASICS) @rest position updated.
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(POPS) POP Fan updated.

2022-03-15

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(RBDS) RBDPack/ RBDUnpack/ RBDI/O updated.
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(RBDS) RBD Configure Node updated.

2022-03-14

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(POPS) [Homework] Fill a cup updated.
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(BASICS) Overview: rand vs. noise vs. curlnoise updated.

2022-03-04

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(POPS) height fields updated.
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(BASICS) UV Mapping updated.
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(RBDS) [example] space station destruction updated.
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(POPS) about shelf tools updated.

2022-03-03

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(POPS) POP Axis Force updated.

2022-03-02

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New Video (BASICS) (Bonus) UV Mapping II created.

2022-02-24

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(FLIP) changing viscosity by temperature: Lava updated.

2022-02-22

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(BASICS) [Example] Slicer - the boolean node updated.
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(POPS) [example] Floaters updated.

2022-02-21

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(BASICS) Datatypes updated.
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(VELLUM) xPBD updated.
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(RBDS) sleeping updated.

2022-02-20

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(POPS) [example] drops on bottle updated.
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(PYRO) [Example] Explosion III: PostProcess updated.

2022-02-18

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(POPS) [example] Bubbles in a bottle updated.
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(RBDS) @name / convex decomposition / static objects updated.
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(POPS) Grains (PBD) updated.
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(RBDS) torque updated.

2022-02-16

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(BASICS) [Example] PinToy updated.

2022-02-15

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(VELLUM) Pinning III: Attach to geometry (Flag) updated.

2022-02-11

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(POPS) Gravity updated.

2022-02-10

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(BASICS) VOPs II updated.
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New Video (VEX) Basics: for-loops /addpoint / run once created.
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New Video (VEX) Generate Curves created.
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New Video (VEX) Generate Volumes (Values) created.
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New Video (VEX) [Homework] Ground fog created.

2022-02-09

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(BASICS) VDBs - Volumes 2.0 updated.
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New Video (BASICS) Bonus: Combining Comparisons / boolean operators created.

2022-02-08

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New Video (RBDS) RBD Clustering II created.

2022-02-05

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(PYRO) [Example] Explosion II: microsolvers updated.
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(PYRO) [Example] Explosion I: Source + Base settings updated.

2022-02-04

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New Video (PYRO) Tornado II: Gas axis force created.
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New Video (PYRO) Tornado III: Velocity fields created.

2022-02-03

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New Video (RBDS) Intrinsic Attributes created.

2022-02-02

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New Video (VEX) dot product created.
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New Video (VEX) cross product created.
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New Video (VEX) Matrix / Matrices created.

2022-02-01

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New Video (FLIP) Using the right technique created.

2022-01-27

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(FLIP) Refresher: Caching/Volumes/Heightfields updated.
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(VELLUM) spawning in Vellum updated.
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New Video (VEX) sin / cos created.
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New Video (BASICS) [Homework] Snow generator created.

2022-01-25

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added subtitles/transcriptions to all videos
(automated, so some mistakes might occur)

2022-01-24

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New Video (POPS) POP Drag created.
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New Video (RBDS) RBD Clustering I created.

2022-01-23

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(PYRO) [Example] fireplace I - simulation updated.

2022-01-22

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(BASICS) VEX + VOPs updated.

2022-01-21

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(POPS) [ROP] Rendering POPs I - pscale and motion blur updated.
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New Video (PYRO) [Example] wheel burnout created.

2022-01-20

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(PYRO) Pyro Explosions Theory updated.
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New Video (PYRO) Pyro Collisions created.

2022-01-15

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(BASICS) [ROPs] Render Subdivisions updated.
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(PYRO) shredding updated.

2022-01-14

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(PYRO) Flame Outputs updated.

2022-01-12

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(BASICS) Bunting / copy to curves updated.

2022-01-11

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(PYRO) Fire trail updated.

2022-01-09

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New Video (VEX) Volumes: noise warp created.

2022-01-02

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(POPS) Velocity fields and POP Advect updated.

2021-12-25

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added additional payment methods via Stripe (during checkout)

2021-12-18

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(BASICS) [Homework] Voxelizer ("minecraft effect") updated.
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(PYRO) The divergence field updated.

2021-12-17

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(PYRO) velocity / substeps updated.
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(BASICS) CG Industries updated.

2021-12-15

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(VEX) volumesample( ) updated.

2021-12-10

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(RBDS) (POP) Debris updated.

2021-12-09

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(BASICS) [Example] spheralizer updated.
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(POPS) Modulo updated.
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New Video (BASICS) Warning: Nvidia driver problem created.

2021-12-08

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(BASICS) find min/max updated.
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New Video (BASICS) File Access II: Exporting created.

2021-12-05

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(POPS) [Example] Fire Ring updated.
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(BASICS) Freeze/Lock Flag updated.

2021-11-28

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(PYRO) Export Volumes / Caching Pyro / Optimization updated.

2021-11-19

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(BASICS) [Example] simple Motion Design / Attribute Transfer updated.
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(PYRO) GPU Pyro/ Minimal OpenCL / nanoVDB updated.
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New Video (PYRO) Tornado I - point based created.

2021-11-18

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(PYRO) Flames History updated.
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(PYRO) custom microsolvers / Gas Axis Force / Gas Curve Force updated.

2021-11-09

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(PYRO) Turbulence updated.
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(PYRO) Disturbance updated.

2021-11-07

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(PYRO) Pyro in H16, H17, H18, H19 updated.

2021-11-05

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(POPS) [Example] Fountain updated.

2021-11-02

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(BASICS) [Example] Forest updated.
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(POPS) trail updated.
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(BASICS) measure updated.

2021-10-30

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(POPS) [Homework] Rain/Snow updated.

2021-10-29

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(BASICS) Vertices vs. Points updated.
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(VEX) Infections updated.
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New Video (VEX) Multithreading / How VEX handles data created.
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New Video (VEX) About this chapter created.
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New Video (VEX) probability created.
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New Video (VEX) vector math: vector between two points created.
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New Video (VEX) Normalization created.
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New Video (VEX) point() created.
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New Video (VEX) nearpoint() created.
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New Video (VEX) minpos() created.
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New Video (VEX) quick multipliers created.
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New Video (VEX) fit( ) created.
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New Video (VEX) random, noise, curlnoise created.
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New Video (VEX) [EXAMPLE] Procedural swarms created.
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New Video (VEX) lerp( ) created.
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New Video (VEX) [EXAMPLE] Geo Magnet created.
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New Video (VEX) getbbox( ), relbbox( ) created.
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New Video (VEX) type cast - the silent killer created.
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New Video (VEX) The absolute basics created.

2021-10-28

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added "outdated" flag for videos (little tombstone)
(Yes, Houdini 19 has arrived!)
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(BASICS) mountain / attribute noise updated.

2021-10-26

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added Houdini version indicator (under the video title)

2021-10-18

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(VELLUM) combine vellum objects updated.

2021-10-09

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(POPS) [example] Flying Dust/ Sand updated.

2021-10-03

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(POPS) [ROP] Points as Lights updated.

2021-10-02

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hiding the video list now scales up the video window
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added an icon next to videos with personal notes
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(FLIP) Vorticity updated.

2021-09-29

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(VELLUM) "Tets" / Tetrahedrals updated.
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(POPS) thickening trails updated.
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(POPS) POP Attract updated.

2021-09-12

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Window title shows current video name (helpful when linking)

2021-08-30

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(RBDS) New RBD Bullet Setups - keep it simple, stupid updated.

2021-08-25

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(VELLUM) stickiness in vellum (glue constraint) updated.
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New Video (BASICS) [Homework] Dot Print created.

2021-08-24

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(BASICS) the ray node updated.

2021-08-17

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added an exit survey

2021-08-14

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added personal notes for each video

2021-08-03

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cookie sessions are now saved for 7 days ("autologin")

2021-07-06

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(BASICS) Attribute Transfer and Attribute Copy updated.
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(BASICS) the "add" node updated.

2021-07-05

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(BASICS) attribute promote updated.

2021-07-04

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fixed missing check feedback on register form ("mail adress already exists")

2021-05-31

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(BASICS) tree view vs. networks updated.
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(RBDS) [Example] simple tower destruction updated.

2021-05-16

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fixed wrong calculation of progress bar

2021-05-04

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changed the URL handling to more descriptive addresses (test phase) (Test unsuccesful, turned off)

2021-05-03

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New Video (VELLUM) Glue constraint created.

2021-05-02

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New Video (POPS) substeps / subframes created.

2021-04-18

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(PYRO) Pyro Source Spread updated.

2021-04-17

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(PYRO) Analysis: Pyro Configure spreading Fire updated.

2021-04-06

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New Video (VELLUM) What are Constraints? created.

2021-03-10

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(RBDS) [example] cracking ground updated.

2021-03-01

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New Video (VELLUM) Friction created.

2021-02-22

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New Video (PYRO) Pyro Up-Res created.

2021-02-11

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fixed problem with generating some invoices

2021-02-04

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improved search algorithm (better results when combining words)

2021-01-23

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added a progress bar in user menu
(based on the video marked as "watched")

2021-01-22

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New Video (PYRO) volume tools II created.

2021-01-17

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New Video (FLIP) Wetmaps created.

2021-01-13

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(BASICS) (parameter) expressions updated.

2021-01-11

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New Video (POPS) Working with time I - Basics created.

2021-01-03

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(VELLUM) [Example] bendy flag pole updated.
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(BASICS) Scene Organisation updated.

2020-12-30

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New Video (POPS) The importance of Caching created.
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New Video (BASICS) (Bonus) Multi copy with "Attribute from pieces" created.
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New Video (POPS) POP Fluids created.

2020-12-13

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(FLIP) Melting updated.

2020-12-11

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(BASICS) comparisons updated.
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New Video (RBDS) Voronoi I - Fracturing Basics created.
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New Video (RBDS) Voronoi II - advanced fracturing created.

2020-12-08

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fixed problem with 5th rating star, now easily clickable

2020-11-17

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New Video (BASICS) Masking created.

2020-11-16

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New Video (PYRO) [Example] Explosion IV: Render created.

2020-11-13

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(FLIP) Viscosity updated.

2020-11-11

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easier navigation: when opening a video lower in the video list, the list will automatically be scrolled there

2020-11-04

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(PYRO) (MERGED) [example] Train updated.
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New Video (PYRO) (old) Understanding Explosion Sourcing: Pyro Burst Source created.
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New Video (PYRO) Pyro Trails created.

2020-11-02

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added scrollbars to video menu
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New Video (POPS) Controlling your simulations created.

2020-11-01

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New Video (PYRO) Rambling about Explosions (H18.5) created.

2020-10-30

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(BASICS) Interface II: Working with the Node Network updated.
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New Video (FLIP) [Example] Beach I - simulation created.
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New Video (FLIP) [Example] Beach I - environment created.

2020-10-29

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New Video (BASICS) Scatter and Align created.

2020-10-28

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(VELLUM) stitch points updated.

2020-10-24

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improved Search function
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Added Quotes to landing page
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(subscription) Plans have now a page without the header/quotes
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(VELLUM) Pump up the vellum! updated.

2020-10-23

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added Discord and Reddit Buttons in menubar
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added Changelog and News Section

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(RBDS) The Bullet Library updated.
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(RBDS) Setup Quickstart updated.
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New Video (VELLUM) [Example] Vellum Grass created.

2020-10-22

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(FLIP) practical numbers updated.

2020-10-21

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"new" and "updated" timeframe lowered to 14 days
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New Video (PYRO) Alternative: Axiom created.

2020-10-14

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(VELLUM) planar patch and geo preparation updated.

2020-10-11

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added invoices to user profile

2020-10-10

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(VELLUM) damping updated.
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(VELLUM) properties: thickness updated.
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New Video (FLIP) Volume loss (incomplete) created.

2020-10-09

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(RBDS) Manual DOP Setup ( before H18 ) updated.

2020-10-06

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(VELLUM) Stiffness updated.

2020-10-05

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New Video (RBDS) Setting up soft Constraints created.
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New Video (RBDS) breaking soft constraints created.

2020-10-03

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(BASICS) Third party renderers updated.
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New Video (RBDS) [Tip] propagation iterations (Glue constraint) created.
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New Video (BASICS) [ROPs] Tip: simple volume rendering created.

2020-10-01

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New Video (BASICS) deformers created.

2020-09-29

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(BASICS) scatter I - Basics updated.

2020-09-27

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New Video (BASICS) performance Monitor created.

2020-09-24

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New Video (BASICS) Takes (don't) created.
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New Video (BASICS) [ROP] Refractions in Mantra / Fake Caustics created.

2020-08-31

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New Video (PYRO) Alternatives: Embergen created.

2020-08-24

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(FLIP) Fluid Compress updated.

2020-08-16

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(FLIP) wave instancing updated.

2020-08-15

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(FLIP) Basic Setup II - Guides, point resolution, volume resolution updated.

2020-08-04

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(FLIP) Sourcing updated.

2020-07-26

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New Video (FLIP) Particle separation created.

2020-07-12

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New Video (VELLUM) Advanced Pinning: Pin to target created.
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New Video (FLIP) Flickering created.
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New Video (FLIP) Reseeding created.

2020-07-06

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New Video (FLIP) splashy vs. swirly kernel (FLIP vs. APIC) created.

2020-07-05

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(FLIP) FLIP Pipeline Overview updated.

2020-06-29

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(VELLUM) DOPS in SOPs updated.
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New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Basics created.

2020-06-27

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New Video (FLIP) strawberry sauce I: Sim created.
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New Video (FLIP) [example] splash created.
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New Video (FLIP) FLIP Theory created.

2020-05-02

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(FLIP) Whitewater III Shading updated.
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(RBDS) RBD Guide: crash updated.

2020-05-01

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(PYRO) Preparation updated.

2020-04-30

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(RBDS) [example] card house updated.
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(RBDS) Concave vs convex updated.

2020-04-27

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(PYRO) [Example] Train (moving collisions) updated.
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(PYRO) Flamethrower updated.

2020-04-26

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(FLIP) Whitewater I: Sourcing updated.
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(FLIP) Whitewater II Look updated.
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(PYRO) [example] steam whistle updated.

2020-04-25

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(FLIP) [example] water spiral updated.
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(FLIP) layering spectra updated.

2020-04-22

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(FLIP) Basic Setup I - inital state, volume limits updated.

2020-04-21

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(BASICS) basic shapes and test geometries updated.

2020-04-16

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(VELLUM) (Outdated) History updated.
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(VELLUM) custom DOP Solver updated.

2020-04-08

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(POPS) OpenCL updated.
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New Video (BASICS) differential growth created.

2020-04-06

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(POPS) output flag in DOPs updated.
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(POPS) opinputpath() updated.