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Nail Polish
lop Nail Polish

Nail polish instances with color from attribute for individual parts and different material per part. Set up in Solaris. Also show case of simple modeling and camera animation techniques.

Aug 20, 2026 · 21.0.729 · solaris · by kif
instance lops solaris model nail polish materia color randomize glass liquid market animation camera pivot parent motion blur
Camera Shake
lop Camera Shake

Camera shake LOP rig using MotioFX noise.

Aug 07, 2026 · 21.0.729 · solaris · by kif
camera shake lops anim rig parent
Animate Apex Rig Procedurally
sop Animate Apex Rig Procedurally

Example on how to animate APEX rig procedurally using Time inside of APEX graph. It also show how to make it work with manual animation created by Scene Animate SOP. It also include several other examples on how to invoke APEX graph.

Aug 06, 2026 · 21.0.729 · rigging · by kif
apex IK procedural animation kinefx time frame graph invoke
Simple Kinefx Ik
sop Simple Kinefx Ik

Simple mechanical arm using KineFX IK and Capture Packed Geometry SOP.

Aug 01, 2026 · 21.0.729 · rigging · by kif
ik kinefx mechanical rig arm ikchain animate
Worm Rig
sop Worm Rig

Simple cartoon rig if you ever need a cute worm sliding across the screen.

Jan 02, 2026 · 21.0.440 · animation · by hugomorais
kinefx rig animation worm
Animated Stitches
sop Animated Stitches

Procedural animated stitch setup. Stitches follow an initial base curve, and are projected onto a surface. The surface is deformed as the stitches progress, to mimic a swelling of the skin or fabric.

Dec 08, 2025 · 20.5.584 · vex · by snay
fabric skin stitch embroidery animated geometry heart
Starter Crowd Setup
sop Starter Crowd Setup

This setup is a quick start to a crowd simulation. It supports custom characters as agents, layers for clothing, and motion path avoidance, and terrain adaptation. This snippet was stripped down from our crowd simulation work for the Cant Wait music video.

Nov 30, 2025 · 20.5.584 · animation · by snay
crowd simulation character animation cantwait
Camera Focus Point
lop Camera Focus Point

Dynamic camera focus point that can be animated or attached to an object so that it stays in focus when camera of object is moving. Based on Houdini Solaris | Focus Camera Recipe tutorial.

Nov 30, 2025 · 20.5.584 · solaris · by kif
camera animation layout lops solaris usd
Ship Fire Simulation
sop Ship Fire Simulation

Quick setup for a pyro smoke simulation ready for VDB export. Includes nodes to control initial shape, density, velocity, wind force, colliders, openCL compute and VDB output settings.

Nov 09, 2025 · 20.5.584 · pyro · by snay
smoke gaia animation thruster
Vellum Leash
sop Vellum Leash

Vellum wire setup that supports animated soft pinning on the tip and tail of the wire. Useful setup for art directing a wire simulation.

Nov 09, 2025 · 20.5.584 · vellum · by snay
pin animation harri
First And Last Point Group
sop First And Last Point Group

Common vex snippet used for assigning point groups to the first and last points on a curve. Useful when needing a group to pin on a vellum hair sim.

Nov 09, 2025 · 20.5.584 · vex · by snay
vex point prim curve tip animation pinning
Lop Time Offset Instances
lop Lop Time Offset Instances

This example shows how to time offset animated point instances in LOPs using point attribute.

Nov 04, 2025 · 20.5.584 · solaris · by kif
solaris lops instances offset time animation
Geometry Parent
sop Geometry Parent

Parent one object motion to another in SOPs. Useful for attaching things to animated geometry that comes from Alembic cache.

Nov 04, 2025 · 20.5.584 · animation · by kif
sop animation parent constrain alembic attach kkfrag