If your curriculum is delivered online, we recommend that you share this link with your students so that they can rent and install their own Houdini Education licenses. Please have a staff/faculty member Contact our SideFX Education team, and someone will follow up shortly. What if my school would like to purchase multiple licenses for students? Once your Houdini Indie license expires, then you can make the switch. No, it is not possible to switch during an existing rental. Indie does use a different file format (.hiplc/.hdalc) which means that files you work on at school cannot be used in Houdini Indie.Ĭan I switch from Indie to Houdini Education and get refunded the difference in price? Houdini Indie has all the capabilities of Houdini Education and allows you to use the license to do paid work up to $100K USD. What if I am using Houdini Indie as a student? This new Houdini Education offering is just for verified students from any school. Houdini Apprentice is still available to everyone, including students, for FREE. Please review the Proxi.ID Verification Process.ĭoes this mean that students no longer have access to the FREE Houdini Apprentice? Both Houdini Education and Houdini Apprentice use the same Scene file and Digital Asset file formats.

It allows for the export of FBX and Alembic files and lets you run Houdini Engine plug-ins in host applications such as Maya, 3ds Max, Unreal and Unity. Houdini Education removes the render watermark and resolution restrictions of Apprentice.

With this change, many more students have the opportunity to learn Houdini and benefit from the Education license’s extended capabilities. When acquiring the license, the Proxi.ID verification service will be used to confirm your academic status. This license is non-commercial and is designed for students completing independent educational coursework and exploration.Īccess to Houdini Education is available to all students, even if your school doesn’t currently teach Houdini. but it seems unclear what i can use or not, there seem to be differnt types of engines for different houdini versions and so on. Now students can rent Houdini Education for $75 USD per year.Īccess to this license lets students avoid the Apprentice restrictions while working with the same file formats that are used in school labs. In the Administrator, click File->Install License, and youll see 'Houdini Engine Indie' was among them, change quantity to 1, click install. Until now, students could use the FREE Houdini Apprentice at home then use Houdini Education in a school lab. Install Houdini Launcher, in the License tab, theres a 'License Administrator', click it. SideFX is pleased to announce that students now have direct access to rent Houdini Education for personal use.

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