Imre Tuske
FX Supervisor Senior Houdini FX TD at Wētā FX
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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SeniorImre Tuske is a Senior FX Supervisor and Houdini FX TD with 15+ years crafting high-end cinematic VFX at studios including Wētā FX and Luma Pictures. He specializes in procedural Houdini workflows—simulation, RBD/soft bodies, particles—and has scaled PDG-driven automation to handle hundreds of shots in productions like The Flash and Avatar 3. As lead developer and maintainer of the open-source qLib Houdini asset library, he combines hands-on shot work with tool and pipeline development, including translators for Arnold and extensive Python/Lua scripting. Comfortable on Linux, he also contributes shader development (Arnold/Mantra), MEL/Maya API tooling and pipeline integrations that bridge Houdini and Maya pipelines. Known for solving production bottlenecks, he pairs R&D for shot-level quality with robust automation for mass-shot delivery.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
English, Hungarian
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Github Skills (8)
houdini10
gfx9
python7
3d-models7
pyqt6
logging6
pid6
forloop6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
qLab/qLib
Feb 2013 - Jan 2023
A procedural asset library for SideFX Houdini. https://www.facebook.com/qLibHoudini
Role in this project:
3D Artist & Tool Developer
3D Artist & Tool DeveloperContributions:1 release, 2157 commits, 2 PRs in 10 years
Contributions summary:Imre primarily contributed to the development and refinement of procedural asset tools within SideFX Houdini. Their work focused on creating and enhancing various SOPs (Surface Operators), POPs (Particle Operators), and DOPs (Dynamics Operators) specifically for the QLib asset library. The commits demonstrate an iterative development process, including the addition of new tools, improvements to existing ones, example file creation, and the incorporation of new features like subframe particle support and integration of the deformable framework. Their contributions primarily involved creating tools and workflows within the Houdini environment, demonstrating a strong focus on asset library development.
houdiniproceduralasset-librarysidefxfacebook
johnnyquest/qLib-johannes
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
Contributions:13 commits, 875 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
houdiniproceduralasset-librarysidefxasset
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