Strange Forests: Creating 2.5D Images with MLOPs and Faking DOF in Point clouds @Entagma

Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Now that MLOPs is released and available for everyone, let's create some motion graphics using those new tools and combine them with other workflows we already know from Houdini. In this video Chris shows you how he created these strange forest renders while beta-testing MLOPs and how to fake depth of field inside point clouds.

Get MLOPs for Houdini: https://bismuth.at/mlops

MLOPs Installation Instructions
youtube.com/watch?v=rtgghkYKKLY

MLOPs Txt2Img
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MLOPs Controlnets
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entagma.com/downloads/MLOPsStrangeForests.zip

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