I never use simple mode ;).

If BB hadn't been around more of us would be in the dark about the material room than still are...lol

I think SM should have taken a page from Vue d'Esprits's book and given us a simple to use, but still powerful system like Vue's where what you see is exactly what you're gonna get. I'm talking about the Vue 4 material room...lol. I have no idea what Vue's like now since I haven't kept up with it ;). But I could do darn near anything with Vue 4's materials. I think Poser's material room should be visually based. Like just about every other shader system out there ;). I'll put something together in the mat room and it looks TOTALLY different when I render it than it did in the material room preview. It's just one of the major problems I have with it ;)

Anyway...it's for a freebie and graciously BB has given his permission for me to distribute modified versions of BBGlossy with it ;). And with his shared shaders for gems, other semiprecious stones...I've just about got it covered...lol. Pearl would have been nice, but not crucial ;).

Laurie