Side Effects Software announced the release of Houdini 7 and the formal launch of Houdini Escape.

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Houdini 7 contains many significant features that improve workflow for the complete CG pipeline, including a new Shader building environment that lets artists create RenderMan shaders without having to write code, and an enhanced implementation of Houdini's Interactive Photorealistic Rendering (IPR) that works with RenderMan directly. The newly introduced Houdini Escape is a comprehensive modeling and character animation package. The character tools in Houdini Escape have been refined for years in Houdini Master and are now available for $1999. Read the whole PR at Digitalproducer.com.