October Roundup

Hey thanks to everyone who came out to the SF Usergroup at PIXAR last week. It was a great success and we had almost 100 attendees come see the presentations from Image Movers Digital and PIXAR :).

Here are a few photos:

Xray from Image Movers Digital presents his Houdini and Massive workflow

Bay Area users watch - and some came in from Vancouver and Utah!

Last week, Side Effects also sponsored the 2nd VES Production Summit in Marina Del Rey.  Here's a link to a Variety article re-capping some of its highlights.

Houdini Usergroup in Northern California

Hey everyone,

We'll be hosting a Houdini usergroup meeting with great presentations on October 20, 2010 at the PIXAR campus.

Please come here to RSVP!

thanks VHUG!

John Courte and I just got back from beautiful Vancouver. What a way to catch up, the post Olympics sentiments and Canadian pride were still going strong.

While there, we had the pleasure of joining up with the VHUG (Vancouver Houdini User Group) for their first community presentation, kicked off and led by Leo Chan of Electronic Arts Canada.

From VHUG Kickoff Presentation for 2010

Left to right (Leo Chan, unknown, Craig Zerounie, John Courte, Sean Lewkiw, Robert Kelly, Leyla Tirgari, Greg Massie, Paul Flanagan, Kashayar Khalkhaly)

VHUG Kickoff Presentation for 2010

John Courte (Senior Houdini Artist) and myself will be in Vancouver on March 3rd for the first presentation from the Vancouver Houdini User Group (VHUG).

Come join us at CIS Vancouver starting at 7pm to hear from Leo Chan from EA!

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We'll be buying the first round of drinks over a few blocks at the Whip Restaurant and Bar afterward to chat, meet, and mingle with the local userbase.

Don't forget to RSVP for the event on the official Facebook page!

Houdini 10 Launch Event in Tokyo!

Our friends over at IndyZone (our Japanese Reseller) are throwing an event in Tokyo on April 27th.

Please check out their blog for the event details for the launch of Houdini 10 in Japan!