diff --git a/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/create/create_alembic_camera.py b/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/create/create_alembic_camera.py
index c548a6309a..96449fb3db 100644
--- a/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/create/create_alembic_camera.py
+++ b/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/create/create_alembic_camera.py
@@ -21,11 +21,25 @@ class CreateAlembicCamera(houdini.Creator):
     def process(self):
         instance = super(CreateAlembicCamera, self).process()
 
-        parms = {"use_sop_path": True,
-                 "filename": "$HIP/pyblish/%s.abc" % self.name}
+        parms = {
+            "filename": "$HIP/pyblish/%s.abc" % self.name,
+            "use_sop_path": False
+        }
 
         if self.nodes:
             node = self.nodes[0]
-            parms.update({"sop_path": node.path()})
+            path = node.path()
+
+            # Split the node path into the first root and the remainder
+            # So we can set the root and objects parameters correctly
+            _, root, remainder = path.split("/", 2)
+            parms.update({
+                "root": "/" + root,
+                "objects": remainder
+            })
 
         instance.setParms(parms)
+
+        # Lock the Use Sop Path setting so the
+        # user doesn't accidentally enable it.
+        instance.parm("use_sop_path").lock(True)
diff --git a/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/collect_output_node.py b/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/collect_output_node.py
index a3f49761b9..d90898944f 100644
--- a/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/collect_output_node.py
+++ b/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/collect_output_node.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ class CollectOutputSOPPath(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     """Collect the out node's SOP Path value."""
 
     order = pyblish.api.CollectorOrder
-    families = ["*"]
+    families = ["colorbleed.pointcache",
+                "colorbleed.vdbcache"]
     hosts = ["houdini"]
     label = "Collect Output SOP Path"
 
diff --git a/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/validate_camera_rop.py b/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/validate_camera_rop.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf09b26df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/validate_camera_rop.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import pyblish.api
+import colorbleed.api
+
+
+class ValidateIntermediateDirectoriesChecked(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
+    """Validate Camera ROP settings."""
+
+    order = colorbleed.api.ValidateContentsOrder
+    families = ['colorbleed.camera']
+    hosts = ['houdini']
+    label = 'Camera ROP'
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+
+        import hou
+
+        node = instance[0]
+        if node.parm("use_sop_path").eval():
+            raise RuntimeError("Alembic ROP for Camera export should not be "
+                               "set to 'Use Sop Path'. Please disable.")
+
+        # Get the root and objects parameter of the Alembic ROP node
+        root = node.parm("root").eval()
+        objects = node.parm("objects").eval()
+        assert root, "Root parameter must be set on Alembic ROP"
+        assert root.startswith("/"), "Root parameter must start with slash /"
+        assert objects, "Objects parameter must be set on Alembic ROP"
+        assert len(objects.split(" ")) == 1, "Must have only a single object."
+
+        # Check if the object exists and is a camera
+        path = root + "/" + objects
+        camera = hou.node(path)
+
+        if not camera:
+            raise ValueError("Camera path does not exist: %s" % path)
+
+        if not camera.type().name() == "cam":
+            raise ValueError("Object set in Alembic ROP is not a camera: "
+                             "%s (type: %s)" % (camera, camera.type().name()))
+
+
diff --git a/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/validate_mkpaths_toggled.py b/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/validate_mkpaths_toggled.py
index 1a83565d11..a66c6754be 100644
--- a/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/validate_mkpaths_toggled.py
+++ b/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/validate_mkpaths_toggled.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ class ValidateIntermediateDirectoriesChecked(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     """Validate Create Intermediate Directories is enabled on ROP node."""
 
     order = colorbleed.api.ValidateContentsOrder
-    families = ['colorbleed.pointcache']
+    families = ['colorbleed.pointcache',
+                'colorbleed.camera']
     hosts = ['houdini']
     label = 'Create Intermediate Directories Checked'
 
diff --git a/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/validate_output_node.py b/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/validate_output_node.py
index bb9eec508e..8a088afec9 100644
--- a/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/validate_output_node.py
+++ b/colorbleed/plugins/houdini/publish/validate_output_node.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ class ValidateOutputNode(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     """
 
     order = pyblish.api.ValidatorOrder
-    families = ["*"]
+    families = ["colorbleed.pointcache",
+                "colorbleed.vdbcache"]
     hosts = ["houdini"]
     label = "Validate Output Node"
 
@@ -39,10 +40,9 @@ class ValidateOutputNode(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
         # Check if type is correct
         type_name = output_node.type().name()
-        if type_name not in ["output", "cam"]:
-            cls.log.error("Output node `%s` is not an accepted type."
-                          "Expected types: `output` or `camera`" %
-                          output_node.path())
+        if type_name != "output":
+            cls.log.error("Output node `%s` is not an `output` type node."
+                          % output_node.path())
             return [output_node.path()]
 
         # Check if output node has incoming connections