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{{short description|3D animation software}} {{for|the chess engine|Houdini (chess)}} {{Overly detailed|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox software | name = SideFX Houdini FX | logo = Houdini3D icon.png | screenshot = | caption = | developer = Side Effects Software Inc. | released = 1.0 / {{Start date and age|1996|10|02}} | latest release version = 20.5.370 | latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|05|31}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/98113/|title=Houdini 20.5 Production Build updated to 20.5.370 | date=27 Sep 2024 | access-date= 2024-10-11}}</ref> | latest preview version = | latest preview date = | programming language = [[C++]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]] | operating system = [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[Windows]] | language = English | genre = [[3D computer graphics]] | license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | website = {{URL|https://www.sidefx.com}} }} '''Houdini''' is a [[3D animation]] [[application software|software]] application developed by [[Toronto]]-based SideFX, who adapted it from the '''PRISMS''' suite of [[procedural generation]] software tools. The procedural tools are used to produce different effects such as complex reflections, animations and particles system.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Side Effects Software β 25 years on |url=https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/side-effects-software-25-years-on/ |website=fxguide |date=27 February 2012}}</ref> Some of its procedural features have been in existence since 1987.<ref name=":0" /> Houdini is most commonly used for the creation of visual effects in film and television. It is used by major VFX companies such as [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], [[Pixar]], [[DreamWorks Animation]], [[Double Negative (VFX)|Double Negative]], [[Industrial Light & Magic|ILM]], [[Moving Picture Company|MPC]], [[Framestore]], [[Sony Pictures Imageworks]], [[Illumination Studios Paris]], [[Scanline VFX]], [[Method Studios]] and [[The Mill (company)|The Mill]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://aristeksystems.com/blog/3d-modeling-soft-2021/#houdini| title=3D Modeling Software in 2021 | accessdate=2022-05-19}}</ref> It has been used in many feature animation productions, including [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney's]] feature films ''[[Fantasia 2000]]'', ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'', ''[[Zootopia]]''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Disney Animation Studios {{!}} Zootopia {{!}} SideFX|url=https://www.sidefx.com/community/disney-animation-studios-zootopia/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=www.sidefx.com|language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Raya and the Last Dragon]]'';<ref>{{cite web|title= Raya and the Last Dragon <nowiki>|</nowiki> SideFX|url=https://www.sidefx.com/community/raya-and-the-last-dragon/ |access-date=2022-04-03}}</ref> the [[Blue Sky Studios]] film ''[[Rio (2011 film)|Rio]]'', and [[DNA Productions]]' ''[[The Ant Bully (film)|Ant Bully]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-12-14 |title=Grid Engine User Stories ::: DNA Productions |url=http://gridengine.info/pages/profile-DNA-Productions |access-date=2022-05-22 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214130304/http://gridengine.info/pages/profile-DNA-Productions |archive-date=14 December 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> SideFX also publishes Houdini Apprentice, a limited version of the software that is free of charge for non-commercial use.
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