●  (BASICS) VEX II - Parameters & Variables updated.

●  New Video (SOLARIS) RENDERING III - LAYERS, AOVS, PASSES created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) RENDERING II - SAMPLING, LIMITS, DENOISER created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) SHADING/MATERIAL BASICS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) LIGHTS BASICS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) CAMERA BASICS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) RENDERING I - BASICS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) HIERARCHY / LAYERING created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) IMPORT / EXPORT created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) SOLARIS INTRO created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) SOLARIS THEORY created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) REFERENCE SETUP created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) LIGHTING IS SHADING created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) BASIC LIGHT THEORY created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Rendering 101 created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) COLOR THEORY I - PERCEPTION created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) CURVES / POINTS / THICKNESS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) OPTIMIZATION created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) ASSETS / VARIANTS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) MOTION BLUR created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) VOLUMES / FOG created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) ADVANCED LAYERING / STUDIO WORKFLOW created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Custom AOVS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Cryptomatte created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) SOLARIS DEPENDENCY (ROPS) created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) MATERIAL ASSIGNMENT created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) MATERIAL BLENDING created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) SUBDIVISIONS / DICING created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Theory: FOCAL LENGTH / APERTURE SIZE created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Practical: FOCAL LENGTH / APERTURE / ASPECT RATIO created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) Depth of Field (DOF) created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) MOTIONBLUR II - CAMERA BLUR created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) LIGHT DIRECTION created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) TRI-PLANAR UV MAPPING created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) TWO-SIDED MATERIALS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) OLD ROPs WORKFLOW created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) MATERIAL OVERVIEW created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) TEXTURES I - BASICS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) TEXTURES II - ADVANCED created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) RAY SWITCH created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) MATERIAL OVERRIDES created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) BRUSHED CHROME / PAN created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) BLACK GLASS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) TEXTURES / MATERIALS DON'T SHOW UP created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) LIGHTS DON'T WORK created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) COLOR THEORY II - LINEAR WORKFLOW created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) COLOR THEORY III - HDR, BITDEPTH, TONEMAPPING created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) About this Chapter created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) COLORSPACE IV - COLOR SPACES / ACES created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) IMPORT/EXPORT III - OUTPUT PROCESSORS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) GEOMETRY SUBSETS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) PRIMITIVE TYPE created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) KINDS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) INSTANCING created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) INSTANCING I - BASICS created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) INSTANCING II - INDEXING created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) INSTANCING III - SOP INSTANCING created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) OVERSCAN created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) SAMPLING BASICS created.

●  (BASICS) noise updated.

●  (BASICS) the add node updated.

●   Dark mode Added

●   New Landing page Design

●   New Landing page Trailer Video

●   Dashboard and Profile got a face lift

●   Video player Update (Arrow keys work directly, remembers position)

●  New Video (BASICS) Offsetting Instances created.

●  New Quiz (POPS) Quiz - POP Grains created.
●  New Quiz (POPS) Quiz - POPs III - Advanced 2 created.

●  (BASICS) VFX Departments updated.

●  (BASICS) Reducing/Remeshing Geometry updated.

●  (BASICS) basic curves updated.
●  (POPS) Basic POP Setup II updated.

●  (PYRO) [example] Cigar updated.
●  (BASICS) [Example] cartoon tree updated.
●  (PYRO) Pyro sourcing updated.
●  (RBDS) torque updated.
●  (POPS) [Example] Fire Ring updated.
●  (PYRO) Tornado I - point based updated.
●  New Quiz (POPS) Quiz - POPs II - Advanced created.

●  (POPS) [example] turn to dust updated.

●  (VELLUM) [Homework] bendy flag pole updated.
●  (POPS) POP Attract updated.
●  (POPS) Visualizing Grains in the viewport updated.

●  (FLIP) custom FLIP Setup updated.
●  (VELLUM) properties: velocity updated.

●  (BASICS) paint attributes updated.
●  New Quiz (RBDS) Quiz - RBD II created.

●  (BASICS) Volumes updated.
●  New Quiz (VELLUM) Quiz - Vellum I created.

●  (BASICS) Flags updated.
●  (BASICS) Contexts updated.

●  (BASICS) the ray node updated.

●  (BASICS) common bugs updated.
●  (POPS) Vellum Grains / MPM updated.

●  New Quiz (BASICS) Quiz - Fundamentals II created.

●  (RBDS) Convex shapes II updated.

●  New Quiz (POPS) Quiz - POPs Basics created.

●   Added Explanation video to Team Account Registration

●  New Quiz (BASICS) Quiz - Fundamentals I created.
●  New Quiz (RBDS) Quiz - RBD I created.
●  New Quiz (PYRO) Quiz created.

●  (BASICS) Installation + Licensing updated.

●  (POPS) working with references updated.

●  (POPS) Hit Attributes updated.

●  (POPS) DOPs - an Overview updated.
●  (PYRO) Pyro Crash Course updated.
●  New Video (FLIP) Meshing Alternatives created.
●  New Video (MPM) Meshing I - NPS created.
●  New Video (PYRO) [H21] Pyro Thrust Exhaust created.
●  New Video (PYRO) Upressing in H21 created.

●  (BASICS) COPs Basics updated.

●  New Video (BASICS) COPs - Working with geo created.
●  (BASICS) Noise / UVs / Texture Generation updated.
●  New Video (BASICS) COPs - SDF created.
●  New Video (BASICS) COPs FLOW / Simulations created.

●  New Video (BASICS) ACES Basic Settings created.
●  New Video (SOLARIS) ACES Basic Settings created.

●  (BASICS) groups updated.
●  (BASICS) Attributes and attribute classes updated.

●  (BASICS) Interface I - Basics / Navigation updated.

●  (BASICS) Houdini 21 updated.

●  (POPS) pop Collision behaviour updated.
●  (BASICS) Transform objects / pivots updated.

●  (BASICS) [Example] Donut II - Rotation updated.

●  (BASICS) VFX Software updated.

●  (MPM) Materials III - Liquid / Viscous updated.

●   Added MPM to progress bar

●  (FLIP) Timeline Caching limit updated.
●  (BASICS) advanced curve tools updated.

●  (PYRO) Viewport updated.

●  (BASICS) [Homework] Palisade tool updated.

●  (FLIP) (No) Whitewater updated.

●   Feedback input fixed (easier to resize, sending after resize fixed)
●   Custom Invoice Address can now be changed in the profile page.

●   First iteration of improving useability on mobile devices

●  New Video (FLIP) Ocean shader created.
●  New Video (PYRO) [LOP] Render Pyro in Solaris/Karma created.

●  New Video (FLIP) FLIP vs. MPM (20.5) created.

●  New Video (BASICS) Advanced Noise created.

●  New Video (RBDS) Geometry preparation created.

●  (FLIP) Flip Tanks updated.
●  New Video (RBDS) Caching RBD created.

●  (RBDS) [example] crag falling apart updated.

●  (BASICS) File Access III: Caching updated.

●  New Video (VEX) VEX/VOPs in Simulations created.

●  (RBDS) collisions / physical properties updated.
●  (BASICS) Career / Showreel advice updated.

●  (RBDS) RBD Jitter fix updated.
●  (RBDS) density vs. mass updated.
●  (VELLUM) (Advanced) editing of Constraints updated.

●  New Video (POPS) [Homework] Magic Wand created.

●  (FLIP) Shelf tool analysis: small ocean updated.
●  New Video (BASICS) Projects (Optional) created.

●  (RBDS) custom constraints updated.
●  (BASICS) multi copy updated.
●  (SOLARIS) Render Farms updated.
●  New Video (MPM) Rigid materials (avoid) created.

●  (POPS) v vs force updated.

●  (FLIP) collision velocity updated.
●  (FLIP) H19.5 Collisions updated.
●  (VELLUM) Vellum Grains - Sourcing updated.
●  New Video (POPS) Refresher: Render farms for simulations created.

●  (BASICS) trace updated.
●  (VELLUM) [Homework] dancing wind man updated.

●  (VELLUM) Vellum Strings/Hair updated.
●  (BASICS) FX Hardware updated.
●  (FLIP) Narrow Band updated.
●  (VELLUM) properties: mass updated.
●  (POPS) POP Groups updated.

●  (VELLUM) Soft volumes updated.

●  New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Grains Elastic/Slime created.
●  New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Grains - Clumping II created.

●  New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Grains - Basics created.
●  New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Grains - Clumping I created.
●  New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Grains - Intro created.
●  New Video (VELLUM) Minimal Solver / VDB Collider created.
●  New Video (VELLUM) Vellum Grains - Activation created.

●  (BASICS) [Example] Spiral staircase updated.
●  (BASICS) match size updated.

●  (PYRO) pyro solver overview updated.

●  (RBDS) start velocity and mass updated.
●  (PYRO) Dissipation and Wind updated.
●  (RBDS) RBD Material Fracture III - Additional functions updated.

●  (POPS) Pre-Rolls updated.
●  (VELLUM) Iterations / substeps updated.

●  (VELLUM) Pinning I: pin to space updated.
●  (BASICS) [Example] grass field updated.
●  (BASICS) Pack/Unpack/Convert updated.

●  (VELLUM) Vellum Caching updated.

●  New Video (MPM) Materials IV - Sandy created.
●  New Video (POPS) [Solaris] Points as Lights created.

●  (VEX) Volumes: Offsetting Volumes updated.

●  (POPS) (More) POP Sourcing updated.

●  New Video (POPS) [Solaris] POP Shading created.
●  New Video (POPS) [Solaris] Rendering POPs I - pscale and motion blur created.

●  (RBDS) [example] fruit loops updated.
●  (RBDS) v and w updated.
●  (FLIP) boiling water updated.
●  (FLIP) Air Incompressibility updated.
●  (BASICS) Visualization updated.

●  New Video (MPM) Intro / History created.
●  New Video (MPM) Collisions I - Basics created.
●  New Video (MPM) MPM Crashcourse created.
●  New Video (MPM) MPM Container created.
●  New Video (MPM) Theory / Tech created.
●  New Video (MPM) MPM Source - Sourcing/Emission created.
●  New Video (MPM) MPM Solver created.
●  New Video (MPM) Materials II - Chunky created.
●  New Video (MPM) Materials I - Elastic created.
●  New Video (MPM) Density / mass created.

●  (PYRO) volume tools updated.

●  (VEX) [EXAMPLE] DOPs magnet updated.

●  (BASICS) [Homework] Disco Ball Effect updated.
●  (BASICS) "For Loops" updated.
●  (BASICS) Boolean node updated.

●  New Video (BASICS) Tile Pattern Node created.
●  New Video (BASICS) [Examples] Texture Generation created.

Moved "Rendering" after "Fundamentals II" in the Basics Chapter
Revamp of the invoice system (nicer invoices (past 2022))

●  (SOLARIS) [ROPs] Lighting updated.

●  (RBDS) RBD Forces updated.

●  (VELLUM) [Homework] Fill a cup with balls updated.
●  New Video (BASICS) [H20.5] Recipes (Preview) created.

Updated server infrastructure. Website should be snappier now.

Accounts can now be correctly deleted.

●   added new price plans allowing to prepay for 6 or 12 months

●   Fixing special characters bug when registering (password and username can now contain nonenglish characters)

●  Starting to roll out the new video player to all videos...

●  First implementation of an "autoplay" function. (As a button in the videoplayer)

●  Changed the logic for the "update" icon:
Now every video (you have watched) before and was updated since then will get an "update" icon.

●  Implemented first iteration of the new design.

Added first iteration of changelog system at bottom of videos

●   updated the security system to prevent unallowed sharing of accounts
(Please contact me if this creates problems for you)

●   added subtitles/transcriptions to all videos
(automated, so some mistakes might occur)

●   added additional payment methods via Stripe (during checkout)

●   added "outdated" flag for videos (little tombstone)
(Yes, Houdini 19 has arrived!)

●   added Houdini version indicator (under the video title)

●   hiding the video list now scales up the video window
●   added an icon next to videos with personal notes

●   Window title shows current video name (helpful when linking)

●   added an exit survey

●   added personal notes for each video

●   cookie sessions are now saved for 7 days ("autologin")

●   fixed missing check feedback on register form ("mail adress already exists")

●   fixed wrong calculation of progress bar

●   changed the URL handling to more descriptive addresses (test phase) (Test unsuccesful, turned off)

●   fixed problem with generating some invoices

●   improved search algorithm (better results when combining words)

●   added a progress bar in user menu
(based on the video marked as "watched")

●   fixed problem with 5th rating star, now easily clickable

●   easier navigation: when opening a video lower in the video list, the list will automatically be scrolled there

●  added scrollbars to video menu

●  improved Search function
●  Added Quotes to landing page
●  (subscription) Plans have now a page without the header/quotes

●  added Discord and Reddit Buttons in menubar
●  added Changelog and News Section

●  "new" and "updated" timeframe lowered to 14 days

●   added invoices to user profile