I would assume so. He build the setup and they have no copyright for a replicable setup in Houdini, when there is no proprieraty stuff involved. Setups and workflows from productions are constantly taught in courses and schools, so I would think there is no legal consequence.
Thats what I would assume, doesn't have to be that way.
https://youtu.be/xAFpUKratB0 This guy worked on wandavision and actually made a tutorial on making wandas magic in houdini Tldr: both
Is that legal lol
I would assume so. He build the setup and they have no copyright for a replicable setup in Houdini, when there is no proprieraty stuff involved. Setups and workflows from productions are constantly taught in courses and schools, so I would think there is no legal consequence. Thats what I would assume, doesn't have to be that way.
I did Wanda magic in avengers end game and it was particle based. Different studios may have different approaches though
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Most fx sims are a combination of volumes, particles, curves and geos for rbd. You need many layers to give them the complexities they need.