Changelog

2025-10-10

●  New Video (SOLARIS) Graph Layout created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Transforms created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) RBD I created.

2025-10-09

●  New Video (RENDERING) LPE created.

2025-10-05

●  New Video (Quickstart) Subdivisions created.

2025-10-03

●  New Video (Quickstart) Installation (Quick) created.

2025-10-02

●  New Video (Quickstart) Helicopter Scene I created.

2025-10-01

●  New Video (RENDERING) Sampling I - Primary Sampling created.

2025-09-28

●  New Video (INTRO) Contrast created.

2025-09-26

●  New Video (SOLARIS) Background Node created.

2025-09-25

●  New Video (LIGHTING) Reference Setup created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) Moving Camera I - Practice created.

2025-09-19

●  New Video (SHADING) UDIMs created.

2025-09-16

●  New Video (LIGHTING) HDRI Tips created.

2025-09-14

●  New Video (SOLARIS) Import / Export II - Geometry handling created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Dont's created.

2025-09-10

●  New Video (Quickstart) Solaris Intro created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Imported Primitives get unexpected paths created.

2025-09-08

●  New Video (LIGHTING) General Light Settings created.

2025-09-02

●  New Video (SHADING) NOISE / UVS created.
●  (SHADING) TILE PATTERN NODE updated.
●  New Video (SHADING) SDF I created.

2025-08-24

●  New Video (CAMERA) Motionblur III - DeformationBlur created.

2025-08-21

●  New Video (SHADING) Volumes II - Fire created.

2025-08-14

●  New Video (LIGHTING) Experiment! created.

2025-08-13

●  New Video (SHADING) Ray Switch created.

2025-08-07

●  New Video (SHADING) black glass created.
●  New Video (RENDERING) Sampling III - Volumes created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Textures don't show up created.

2025-08-05

●  New Video (SOLARIS) Desk Scene created.

2025-08-04

●  New Video (SHADING) Utility shaders / Ray Info created.

2025-07-24

●  New Video (SOLARIS) Optimization III - Payloads created.

2025-07-23

●  New Video (SOLARIS) Variants created.

2025-07-17

●  New Video (COMPOSITING) Work in Progress created.

2025-07-16

●  New Video (SOLARIS) Geometry Subsets created.

2025-06-30

●  New Video (SOLARIS) Animation created.

2025-06-21

●  New Video (Quickstart) Optimization created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Advanced Layering created.

2025-06-19

●  New Video (Quickstart) Camera Basics created.

2025-06-03

●  New Video (SHADING) Noise created.

2025-05-29

●  New Video (SHADING) Common Editing Nodes / Primvars created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Two-Sided Materials created.

2025-05-24

●  New Video (CAMERA) Lens Shaders created.

2025-05-23

●  New Video (INTRO) Additional Sources created.

2025-05-18

●  New Video (CAMERA) Scale (Believability) created.

2025-05-17

●  New Video (SHADING) Material Overrides created.

2025-05-16

●  New Video (SHADING) Textures: Mipmapping / RAT / TX created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Bump / Normal created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Basics created.

2025-05-15

2025-05-14

●  New Video (SHADING) UV Mapping (Practical) created.
●  New Video (INTRO) References created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Elephant Scene created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Visibility / Matting created.
●  New Video (RENDERING) Sampling II - Secondary Rays created.
●  New Video (SHADING) IOR / Metallness / Anisotrophy created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Metalness / Anisotrophic Reflection created.
●  New Video (SHADING) brushed Chrome / Pan created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Ray Tracing created.

2025-05-12

●  New Video (INTRO) Roadmap created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Project Tips created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Rendering I - Basics created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Layouting / Layout Tool created.

2025-05-03

●  New Video (SOLARIS) Layers III - Opinions created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Packed geo / Transforms created.

2025-04-27

●  New Video (Quickstart) Layouting Logic (TODO) created.

2025-04-26

●  New Video (Quickstart) Assets / Variants created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Instancing created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Volumes / Fog created.
●  New Video (RENDERING) Intro created.

2025-04-25

●  New Video (SOLARIS) Constraints created.

2025-04-24

●  New Video (INTRO) Color Theory II - Linear Workflow created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Color Theory IV - HDR created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Transparency / Refraction / Opacity created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Procedural vs. Texture based shading created.

2025-04-22

●  New Video (SHADING) PBR Basics created.

2025-04-21

●  New Video (LIGHTING) HDRI / Dome / Env Lights created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Physical Sky / Sun created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Exporting big files (usd stitching) created.
●  New Video (RENDERING) custom AOVs created.

2025-04-16

●  New Video (LIGHTING) Basic Light theory created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Distant Light created.

2025-04-08

●  New Video (INTRO) Reference Setup created.

2025-04-06

●  New Video (SOLARIS) Instancing I - Basics created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Gobos created.

2025-03-31

●  New Video (SHADING) Displacements / Dicing created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Primitive Type created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Layering I - Implicit Layering created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Subdivisions (/Dicing) created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Assets I - Component Builder created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Motion Blur Basics created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Denoiser Basics created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) ACES created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Contribution / Light linking created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Lighting Tools created.
●  New Video (RENDERING) Utility passes created.
●  New Video (RENDERING) cryptomatte created.

2025-03-29

●  New Video (Quickstart) Old ROP Workflow Overview created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Shading follows Form created.

2025-03-28

●  New Video (Quickstart) Basics Colorspace / ACES created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Rendering II - Sampling, Limits, Denoiser created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Rendering III - Passes, AOVs created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Volumes / Fog created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Motion Blur created.
●  New Video (QUICKSTART) Welcome! / Intro / About the website created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Color Theory I - Perception created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Colorspace IV - Color spaces / ACES created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) Focal Length/Aperture created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) Basic Settings created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) Import/Export (scale, resolution adjust, clipping planes) created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) focal length / aperture / aspect ratio created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) DOF in Solaris created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) Motionblur I - Object blur created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) Motionblur II - Camera blur created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Point Light created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Area Lights created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Spot Light (Function) created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Shape Lights created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) IES Lights created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Glow I - Geometry Lights created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Instanced lights created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Toy Elephant Scene created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Displacement / Bump / Normalmaps created.
●  New Video (SHADING) MaterialX / OpenPBR created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Complexity / Detail / Imperfections created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Old ROPs workflow created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Material Assignment created.
●  New Video (SHADING) textures / colors / albedo created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Specular / IOR / Roughness created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Refraction / Transparency created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Material Blending created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Emission / Glow created.
●  New Video (SHADING) SSS / Translucency created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Volumes I - Smoke created.
●  New Video (SHADING) Tri-planar UV Mapping created.
●  New Video (SHADING) UVMapping created.
●  New Video (RENDERING) Sampling I - Camera/Primary Samples/Rays created.
●  New Video (RENDERING) Solaris Dependency (ROPs) created.
●  New Video (RENDERING) AOV vs Passes created.
●  New Video (RENDERING) AOVs created.
●  New Video (RENDERING) Passes created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Limits / Raylength created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) CPU / XPU created.

2025-03-22

●  New Video (SOLARIS) Intro / Concept created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Primvars created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Solaris Theory created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Import / Export created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Hierarchy / Layering created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Lights Basics created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Shading/Material Basics created.
●  New Video (Quickstart) Curves / Points / Thickness created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Collections created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Kinds created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Sampling Basics created.

2025-03-19

●  New Video (LIGHTING) Modeling for Lighting created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Focus created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) cinematic vs. real lighting created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Light direction created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) 3 Point Lighting created.

2025-03-18

●  New Video (SOLARIS) Pruning created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Import/Export I - Basics created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Bonus: USD+SMB created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Scene Graph / Hierarchy created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) Camera first created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) Focus created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) Depth (Complexity) created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) Moving Camera created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) Importance of Motion Blur created.
●  New Video (CAMERA) Aspect Ratio / Cinemascope created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Primvars (Attributes) created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Lighting is Shading created.
●  New Video (LIGHTING) Reminder: HDR explained created.

2025-03-14

●  New Video (INTRO) Using the website created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Hardware created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Software created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Houdini Renderers created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Rendering 101 created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Introduction / Overview created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Focus / Intention created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Detail ( Complexity / Variation / Depth ) created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Movement created.
●  New Video (INTRO) Believability created.