HOUDINI MASTER IS THE MOST COMPLETE VISUAL EFFECTS AND ANIMATION SOLUTION AVALIABLE.
This award-winning and production-proven product handles the most challenging shots without
the need for additional plug-ins or an army of programmers. Film production facilities can rely
on Houdini Master to help them create stunning feature film effects and character animation.

Operating System
SideFX Houdini Master v9.5.303 Windows: Tested on Windows XP and Vista (32 and 64 bit)
SideFX Houdini Master v9.5.303 Mac OS X: Requires 64-bit Intel-based Mac with OS X v10.5 Leopard

Memory
* 1 GB required
* 2-4 GB+ recommended
* Multiprocessor systems should be configured with additional RAM
* Houdini supports multiprocessor compositing and rendering

Processor
* Recent generation 32 or 64-bit AMD or Intel processor (requires SSE or higher)
* Houdini supports MMX and Streaming SIMD (SSE2) where present

Disk Space
* 500 MB required for installation

Input Devices
* 3 Button mouse required
* Scroll wheel used where present
* Wacom tablet recommended for Houdini's brush-based tools

Graphics Card
* Workstation-class OpenGL graphics card (such as NVidia and ATI)
* Graphic Card drivers: NVidia: 169 or higher, ATI: 8.44 or higher.
* Minimum resolution: 1024 x 768; Recommended resolution: 1920 x 1200 (widescreen)
* Color depth of 16-bit+ required with 32-bit+ (“true color”) recommended
* Requires support for OpenGL 1.2 or later; Takes advantage of OpenGL 2.0 support if available
* Hardware-accelerated OpenGL required for optimum performance
* Performance may suffer with complex scenes on non-workstation graphics cards and on laptops
* Integrated Intel graphic cards are not supported
* Houdini does not require support for Direct3D (all viewports and interfaces use OpenGL)

Other
* Sound card and speakers/headset required for audio
* Class C network (TCP/IP) recommended for floating licenses
* Network support required for offline simulation, batch processing and rendering
* Internet browser required for connection to www.sidefx.com (Houdini Exchange and Forum)
* Video encoder required for creating AVI/QT/etc.