Slate is a very powerful tool to create materials. But one thing lacking is a prebuilt collection of material libraries to get new users up and running without having to build all their own libraries from scratch. Some ideas of materials (using the Physical Material) that I'd like to see:
- Bricks
- Stones
- Concrete and Pavement
- Wood (both tree barks as well as cut wood finishes)
- Plants (leaves of many species)
- Animal Skins (Human races, fish/reptile scales, amphibians, etc.)
- Metals
- Glass / Crystals
- Liquids (expand current liquid library that comes with Max)
These libraries should be parametric using OSL.
I know that the physical material comes with many presets but it is limited; also, many users do better by being able to see the material they want to use (which is easier by viewing material libraries.
Max does come with a few material libraries, but they are very poor or limited. Even worse, most users do not know they exist--because when you click Open Material Library, it defaults to the Project Material Library. The open material library should also show the <MAXROOT>/materiallibraries files when you are opening a library (or else have a shortcut to those).
