[tom]

Oh OK, thanks for your insight.

[Frances]

Oh OK, thanks for your insight.

This thread is about how Thomas An deserves props from the people who have been "inspired" by his work.

And he absolutely does.

[Voidmonster]

Frances is absolutely correct.

Thomas An has ended the long and vainglorious reign of the teapot, and the entire field of 3d rendering owes him a debt of gratitude.

I use his material sample whenever I work with Maxwell, and I really just can't thank him enough for it.

[dd_]

HELL YAH I DO

/me runs off to read the other replies to make sure this one fits in

[dutch_designer]

So... evermotion... any of us registered there that can ask them to at least give credits where they are due? Same basically goes for the V-Ray folks..

[Thomas An.]

It is interesting to see the various object design efforts people make in regards to material presentation.

About the Maxwell MatGizmo. I think evermotion is showing their users the object as a guide and then asks them to design something different but nice, that also features subsurface elements.

At this point I am not sure if they really intent to officially use the exact copy as shown on that thread. Did I read it wrong ?

[Miles]

About the Maxwell MatGizmo. I think evermotion is showing their users the object as a guide and then asks them to design something different but nice, that also features subsurface elements.

........Did I read it wrong ?

No, that was the impression that I got. They used it as an example because the initial entries for their competition headed off in the wrong direction...

[Tyrone Marshall]

Thomas, I still think you should enter one of your images of the MatGizmo to CGTALK and include details about the object, your intent, and inspiration.

You most defintely deserve a CGTALK award for this turning point in how materials are presented for observation.

[hyltom]

Thomas, I still think you should enter one of your images of the MatGizmo to CGTALK and include details about the object, your intent, and inspiration.

You most defintely deserve a CGTALK award for this turning point in how materials are presented for observation.

That's a very good idea!

[Thomas An.]

On a slightly different note ...

Should we give this object a name ? There has been some suggestions in this regard.

"MatGizmo" is one, but I am kinda leaning towards calling it the "Anaball" (like the process of anabolism ... synthezing materials from simple substanses)

Other suggestions offered were:

Saturnoid = resumbling the planet saturn
Gobble-Ball
Engulfium
mxsphere
8Ball
Eye.Max
I.C.Ball
Mateball
Megaball
Spherix
Orbitron
Maxwell Orb
Maxwell Sphere
mxm-pal
globy
Mr Ball = (M)axwell (R)ender Ball
SPOT = Shader Previewer Optimised for Technicalness
Unimatrix 0

Your thoughts ?

[Dexel]

On a slightly different note ...

Should we give this object a name ? There has been some suggestions in this regard.

"MatGizmo" is one, but I am kinda leaning towards calling it the "Anaball" (like the process of anabolism ... synthezing materials from simple substanses)

Your thoughts ?

Sounds like to-be-parents musing about their soon arriving child..
your child is already there.. and it's such a nice boy.. a boy? a ball?

If it's a ball, I'd modify Anaball into An.aball or just An.ball. But that's so technical - or just corny..
I'd prefer some name showing personality. Isn't it a girl?
Welcome little An.na

[hyltom]

TAB = Thomas An.'s Ball

@ = at = An. Thomas

[pluMmet]

mxmPal is my favorite but considering that this can and should be used by other people (other then M~R people) I think Anaball is the best.

[Miles]

Anabollocks

How about:
"Test Object (for) Materials" or "TOM"
or
"Test Object (for) Material Anabolism" or "TOMAn"

[dd_]

matom as in mat and atom mixed