Houdini and Redshift Tutorial - Growth effect in Houdini. VDB and one geometry cut trick.

This time, let's open Houdini Side FX and learn a growth effect technique together.
Everything is possible and there are so many ways to complete the same effect inside a Houdini, so this is only one thought about how to accomplish it.

Here is the same setup from a hero Houdini user with much more (around 04:50)
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Also, you can check such a great collection of other videos for the same growth but with a variety of approaches
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* all you need to know about attribute growth *    • VFX Essentials - Attribute Growth / P...  
* vdb noise growth *    • VDB Advected Growth | Houdini 19.5  
Have some fun!

00:00 - Intro showcase
00:52 - Prepare a model VDB creation
05:31 - VDB morph node
07:10 - Solver SOP
10:25 - Create a noise mask
13:00 - Back to the original scene
13:55 - Create a wave on the edge
19:33 - POP Network review
20:50 - Geometry clip based on the mask. P to UV and back
25:00 - Redshift render settings overview