Quote - ...P2L, however, is primarily a 'converter', or exporter.

which is exactly why I suggested to use Poser / Firefly as a previewer (for materials using Poser channels) and why I suggested to create a mechanism / library to easy translate LuxRender mats into Poser materials (for mats not using Poser channels in the first place).

A LuxRender GUI material builder makes sense for the pure LuxRender mats, and IMHO should be created by the LuxRender team. First because it serves all LuxRender users, second because they know (at least better than I do) how to include GPU usage for real time visual feedback. Note that this is not fantasy, but is the way GPU is used nowadays in MAX and other 3D packs previewing viewports: realtime color and material editing.

Let's take out time to figure out what we want (and for anything else under construction), and then make it a 2012 experience. It will be a rewarding one.

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Usually I'm wrong. But to be effective and efficient, I don't need to be correct or accurate.

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