Carlo Carfora Carlo Carfora

Arnold Instancing Tips

Well it’s been a while but I’ve updated my GitHub wiki with some information on instancing in Houdini with Arnold.

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Carlo Carfora Carlo Carfora

An approach to shot lighting in Houdini pt.1

I’ve wanted to write this series for a while but never quite got round to it, or thought that putting it down into written form was a waste of time. However, I’ve realised over the years that there are many different schools of thought on this so perhaps writing this up will offer (yet) another way to tackle it. This post will focus on the ideas and train of thought, and there’ll be a follow up with it in practice.

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Carlo Carfora Carlo Carfora

New Look, New Job

There’s a new paint job over here! Moving over my static Github hosted website to Squarespace has been surprisingly painless. I am planning on cherry-picking a few of the previous blog posts to add as well and that should be it…

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Carlo Carfora Carlo Carfora

An end to a difficult year

Another year, another complete lack of posts on here.

I could say it's been 2020, that it's been a difficult year and with everything happening in the world currently I've been feeling creatively empty...

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Carlo Carfora Carlo Carfora

Installing Fedora Houdini and Renderman

This is a guide on setting up a system with Fedora, Houdini and Renderman. There were a few obstacles along the way and hopefully this can help anyone who might want to do the same thing…

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