Little-Houdini-Helpers

A collection of scripts that make your life easier in day-to-day work with Houdini.

Install

Set the Houdini script location to the src folder.
For more informations about Python script locations in Houdini: http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/hom/locations.html)

(Re)Start Houdini to source the scripts in the src folder.

Modules

Quickbook

exec_quickbook(framerate, resolution, images_output_dir, video_output_dir, file_name)

Write a jpg image sequence from flipbook to disk and convert this sequence to a mov file via ffmpeg.

import Quickbook  
Quickbook.exec_quickbook("25", "1920x1080", "C:/Some/Folder/You/Choose/", "C:/Some/Folder/You/Choose/", "Sequ1_Shot01_someName")