[mverta]

Rather than fill up the thread with a ton of separate inquiries, I'm going to put them all here, and update as we go.

Mike's Maxwell Wish List

Maxwell for Maya

• Camera
  Accurate lens distortion
  Motion blur subframes >2
  Vertex motion blur
  
  Shaders
  Layered shaders
  Anisotropic direction mapping - have a U/V Roughness Direction, and a Roughness Amount slider instead. This way, you can map the direction of the microgrooves, and have an overall slider adjust for the amount of the effect.
  Shader map preview quality select (low-res, med-res, high-res)
  
  Environment
  Sun position icon
  Clicking the Environment Info shelf icon brings up Attribute Editor whether it's already open or not.
  
  General
  OpenGL preview of emitter/sun shadows (approximate)
  Emitter type for sun in space (parallel rays, infinite distance source)

Maxwell Viewer

• Viewer can stay open for multiple test renders.
  Save Image
  Keep Image - a storage buffer, so you can quickly check past tests.
  Mini-Mode - Just a small preview window and/or console so you can have it minimized in a corner, but monitor its progress.

_Mike