Houdini HIVE & Ignite Workshop @Gnomon
Rigging and Animating with APEX/KineFX for Solaris with Frame48 13/28/2026
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The Frame48 team was invited to give a workshop at this years Houdini Gnomon HIVE. Super exciting! Register Here
Instructors
Zhara Honore | Lead Animator
Kyle Lin | CG Artist
Enrique De la Garza | CG Supervisor
The Workshop
We will explain the basic workflow for creating a rig either from scratch or from an existing DCC character. Users will then learn how to prepare this rig as an agent with USDSkel for efficient use in Solaris as well as the basics of animating with APEX: covering UI, constraints, and swapping out rigs while maintaining animation data. Lastly, the workshop will cover extracting our animation’s skeleton data and applying it in Solaris.