Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Houdini 20 is out and the literal poster child of this release is the new Feather workflow. And this really is a whole workflow, because it offers tools not only for creating feathers but also for creating a whole plumage, simming and rendering. So, let's take a look at all of it.

In this episode we're creating our feather templates from a photo reference you can download here:
featherbase.info/en/species/Erithacus/rubecula

entagma.com/downloads/H20_Feathers.zip

Video Chapters:
0:00 Importing the Feather Template
1:06 Creating the Feather
2:53 Tweaking Parameters
4:01 Closer Look at the Feather Geometry
5:13 New Nodes to customize Feathers
8:50 Manipulate Feather Geometry
9:50 Naming for multiple Feathers
10:36 Using the Template as a UV Texture
12:58 Cache the Result