🎓 How to install Houdini Apprentice (free version)

🧰 What is Houdini Apprentice for?

Houdini Apprentice is the free edition of Houdini FX, intended for:

• students,
• self-taught artists,
• enthusiasts.

It lets you create non-commercial projects while giving access to almost the entire toolset (Pyro, FLIP, Vellum, Solaris, Karma, etc.).

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Limitations:

a watermark on renders, a resolution cap, and scene files saved as .hipnc

(non-commercial).

🧾 Installation Steps

1. 📥 Download the software

👉 Go to the official page :

🔗 https://www.sidefx.com/products/houdini-apprentice/

• click “Download free Houdini Apprentice”

• Create a SideFX account (use your student email if you have one).