Mike Abbott

Mike_A

About Me

Generalist 3D freelancer with many years experience in 3D modelling, technical and concept visualisation and 3D / 2D compositing. Also highly experienced certified trainer in Photoshop, After Effects and PremierePro.
EXPERTISE
Generalist

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LOCATION
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

Houdini Skills

ADVANCED
Procedural Modeling
INTERMEDIATE
Environments  | Digital Assets  | Animation  | Lighting  | VEX

Availability

I am available for Freelance Work

Recent Forum Posts

Solaris material gallery? Jan. 21, 2025, 8:01 a.m.

eikonoklastes
Don't be silly. This is USD we're talking about. "User-friendly" does not belong here.

I 'enjoyed' that : )


OK, you're confirming what my baby steps into Solaris and USD were suggesting. So I am at least reassured that I'm not the village blind man and everyone else is happily using some swish material gallery / management set up I've no idea about.

I should make a poster for my wall: "Houdini and user convenience do not go together. Get over it."

Solaris material gallery? Jan. 21, 2025, 3:27 a.m.

I want to:

1. Build my own Karma materials from scratch.

2. Drag and drop them into a user friendly searchable gallery I can use across my projects.

3. Drag them back into material linker or wherever I want to use them.

Is that too much to ask in 2025?

Solaris material gallery? Jan. 20, 2025, 5:42 p.m.

Has there been any progress on making an 'artist friendly USD / Mtlx material gallery'?
I really hope so.