What is COPstance?

COPstance – is a plugin for SideFX Houdini, which brings additional functionality to the unlimited power of procedural generation.

It provides you with 13 most powered atomic Substance Designer-like nodes: Blend, Channels Shuffle, Directional Warp, Distance, Gradient (Dynamic), FX-Map, Gradient Map, Grayscale Conversion, Levels, Normal, Transformation 2D, Warp and Emboss. Also, you can use many other nodes from Substance Designer (Arc Pavement, Checker, Cube 3D, Splatter, Splatter Circular, Tile, Tile Generator, Fibers, Gaussian, Gradient Linear, Mesh, Shape, Shape Mapper, Slope Blur, Waveform, Fluid, Liquid, Weave 1, Weave 2, Weave Generator).

In the Copernicus version there are also: 3D Extruder, Curve, Curved Shape, Anisotropic Noise, Plasma, Quad Transform, Skew, Trapezoid Transform, Height Blend, Multi Directional Warp, Non-Uniform Directional Warp, Vector Warp, Histogram Range, Histogram Select, Histogram Scan, Histogram Scan Non-Uniform, Histogram Shift

Deprecation of COP2 context

Since SideFX has marked the COP2 context as deprecated in Houdini 20.5, this version of the plugin is currently used only for demonstration purposes. The version for the Copernicus context comes as an otllc Digital Asset Library and is available for download only after purchase (download instructions are sent in an email along with an activation code).

COPstance nodes in Copernicus context

There are some differences between the COP2 and Copernicus versions of the plugin.

  • There is no FX-Map node. Since this is a complex node, it is quite difficult to implement it using existing Copernicus nodes. However, there is a Quadrant node (which is the main component of the FX-Map node) and with the help of the Copernicus SOP Import node, you can replicate the pattern you need (although it will be more difficult).
  • In the Copernicus version, there are no Fluid, Simple Perlin (can be replaced with Seamless Noise), Tile, Tile Generator nodes. BUT the Copernicus version has a lot of new nodes: Curve, 3D Extruder, Anisotropic Noise, Curved Shape, Plasma, Quad Transform, Skew, Trapezoid Transform, Height Blend, Multi Directional Warp, Non-Uniform Directional Warp, Vector Warp, Histogram Range, Histogram Select, Histogram Scan, Histogram Scan Non-Uniform, Histogram Shift

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Download

Copernicus version:

You will receive Digital Asset Library (file in the Houdini’s OTLLC format) after purchasing the plugin.

COP2 version:

Installer for Windows:

Download COPstance for Houdini 20.5

Download COPstance for Houdini 20.0

Download COPstance for Houdini 19.5

Download COPstance for Houdini 19.0

Download COPstance for Houdini 18.5

Free Digital Assets:

Here you can download a free digital asset that contains a family of Flood Fill nodes ported from Substance Designer: Flood Fill, Flood Fill to BBox Size, Flood Fill to Color, Flood Fill to Gradient, Flood Fill to Index, Flood Fill to Position, Flood Fill to Random Color.

Flood Fill nodes menu

Download cop_sd_nodes-1.0.otllc file.


Installation

COP2 version:

You can install COPstance in any directory you want.

After installation, you can find all the plugin nodes under the Substance submenu in the COP2 context.

COPstance menu


Copernicus version:

To install the Digital Asset Library, which you will receive after purchasing the plugin:

  1. Copy the library file (OTLLC) to the desired directory.
  2. In Houdini, choose Assets > Install Asset Library from the main menu…
  3. In the Install Digital Asset Library dialog box, in the Digital Asset Library field, specify the path to the otllc file you copied to in step one. Click the Install button.

Order a License

Perpetual license for COPstance. Includes lifetime updates!

Buy COPstance


Comparison

COP Substance nodes almost identical to corresponding Substance Designer atomic nodes.


Usage Examples

ChannelsShuffle Nodes
ChannelsShuffle Preview In
ChannelsShuffle Parameters
ChannelsShuffle Preview Out
ChannelsShuffle Nodes ChannelsShuffle Preview In ChannelsShuffle Parameters ChannelsShuffle Preview Out
Distance Nodes
Distance Preview In
Distance Parameters
Distance Preview Out
Distance Nodes Distance Preview In Distance Parameters Distance Preview Out
FXMap_Nodes
FXMap Internal Nodes
FXMap_NodeParameters
FXMap Parameters
FXMap_PreviewIn
FXMap_Parameters2
FXMap Preview Out
FXMap_Nodes FXMap Internal Nodes FXMap_NodeParameters FXMap Parameters FXMap_PreviewIn FXMap_Parameters2 FXMap Preview Out
GrayscaleConversion_Nodes
GrayscaleConversion Preview In
GrayscaleConversion Parameters
GrayscaleConversion_PreviewOut
GrayscaleConversion_Nodes GrayscaleConversion Preview In GrayscaleConversion Parameters GrayscaleConversion_PreviewOut
Warp Nodes
Warp_PreviewIn0
Warp_PreviewIn1
Warp Parameters
Warp_PreviewOut
Warp Nodes Warp_PreviewIn0 Warp_PreviewIn1 Warp Parameters Warp_PreviewOut
DirectionalWarp Nodes
DirectionalWarp Preview In0
DirectionalWarp_PreviewIn1
DirectionalWarp_Parameters
DirectionalWarp_PreviewOut
DirectionalWarp Nodes DirectionalWarp Preview In0 DirectionalWarp_PreviewIn1 DirectionalWarp_Parameters DirectionalWarp_PreviewOut
GradientMap_Nodes
GradientMap Preview In0
GradientMap_Parameters
GradientMap Preview Out
GradientMap_Nodes GradientMap Preview In0 GradientMap_Parameters GradientMap Preview Out
DynamicGradient Nodes
DynamicGradient Preview In0
DynamicGradient_PreviewIn1
DynamicGradient Parameters
DynamicGradient Preview Out
DynamicGradient Nodes DynamicGradient Preview In0 DynamicGradient_PreviewIn1 DynamicGradient Parameters DynamicGradient Preview Out
Normal Nodes
Normal Preview In
Normal Parameters
Normal_PreviewOut
Normal Nodes Normal Preview In Normal Parameters Normal_PreviewOut
Emboss Nodes
Emboss Preview In1
Emboss_PreviewIn0
Emboss Parameters
Emboss Preview Out
Emboss Nodes Emboss Preview In1 Emboss_PreviewIn0 Emboss Parameters Emboss Preview Out

Video of usage

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