08 - The ABC's of Alembic

Hey hey everyone. Is this final video of the series we'll do a bit of a deep dive into Alembic files and take a look at how we can manipulate them directly in Houdini, saving us from needing to re-export from the source. Woo! 00:00 - Intro 00:28 - What Is Alembic? 01:47 - File SOP 02:08 - Packed Alembics 02:55 - Alembic SOP 03:40 - Poly Soups 05:11 - File Menu 05:40 - Mountain Deform 06:42 - Packed Prims Trick 07:29 - Extract Centroid 08:24 - Intrinsics 09:11 - Apply Transform 10:13 - Re-Apply Transform 11:33 - Fun Doesnt Stop 13:03 - The Epiphany 14:09 - The End!