Alex Hamer

alex_sidefx

About Me

Copernicus! Image Processing TD @ SideFX

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Toronto,
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Houdini Skills

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I am currently employed at SideFX

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Since May 2024

My Tutorials

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Project Pegasus | Utility Widgets

My Talks

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How to build your own Solver!
obj-image HIVE
How the f*%# to Get Crowds from Houdini to Unreal

Recent Forum Posts

Houdini 22 Sneak Peek June 8, 2026, 2:47 p.m.

Sygnum
And why does the video say at the end that we`ll see the whole shebang on 17th of June??


This is because the Launch Event itself is on the 17th June, in London. The event will be recorded and uploaded June 22nd

Bake Geometry Textures defaults to DirectX normals? March 24, 2026, 10:21 p.m.

Of course! If you have any thoughts to make it easier for you, we would love to hear about it in an RFE.

Bake Geometry Textures defaults to DirectX normals? March 24, 2026, 11:29 a.m.

Hi!

It is indeed very painful that Karma expects the opposite.

It was a hard decision, but ultimately it just didn't make sense for a COP to output Normals that are alien to the rest of what Copernicus expects.
Since this Baker was intended to also cater towards Games, we considered that Unreal Engine also expects 'Green Down' DirectX Normals.