Explore the new features, tools and workflows for animating characters in Houdini 20. Learn how to pose your IK controls in an FK manner, how to work with selection sets, animation sliders and how to add dynamics to your characters. This session will focus on a viewport centric workflow that is designed around the needs of animators.
Warren Leathem is a Senior Animator on the character team at SideFx. Prior to joining SideFx in 2021, he spent over 20 plus years as an Animator, Animation Lead and Animation Supervisor in the film and tv industry, focused almost entirely on character animation. Having previously worked at studios such as MPC, Weta Digital, and Animal Logic, he brings that experience to focus not only on animators doing amazing work, but also on how animation fits into the overall production environment and workflows.
