HOUDINI

Ball landing Houdini ParticleFX from AlexGaidachev on Vimeo.

   I've started on a Houdini CG Workshop by Spencer Lueders, he is a great teacher by the way. 

This animation is my version of object's influenced velocity tutorial from spencer's class. The ball is animated in Houdini and I emit the particles only when it touches the ground. The particles then get influenced by the velocity of the object, plus the bouncy collision of the ground. I think it turned out rather well. I'm hoping to learn more of the Houdini particleFX.