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This is one of the things that I wanted to do fro v1.0 but didn't get it finished.
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I'll be working on this this summer after visiting Italy for June.

something to look forward to in Anim8or v1.1! 

wondering if it might not be appropriate for me to vote, given that i'm one of the contestants?  anyone agree or disagree?

downloaded all 6 issues with no probs

hm... the field's getting bigger, and still no two entries look anything like each other on any level - except for one detail: everyone except me has put the title text in the top-right corner, which i find an intriguing coincidence.  five other designs in the running, and none of you opted to put the word 'Anim8or' on the left?

@Kunihiko - speaking of the word 'Anim8or', btw, it's spelled without a 't'   overall i think your image strikes a good balance by having lots of textural detail but an uncluttered overall composition; the typography is a bit of a weak point though - you could give it a huge boost by picking a more stylish typeface (i think a narrow-letter sans-serif would go nicely with the character model, for example) and rebalancing the sizes of the three main elements: 'Anim8or' could do to be a bit bigger relative to the reg-trademark symbol and the version number.  i'd also recommend you ditch the hyphens; they look a bit cluttery, which clashes with how clean everything else looks.  very nice image on the whole, though

@ronaldefarmer that amplifier looks fascinating - where those actually a thing?  i'd never seen a machine like that before   also, i like the sneaky reference to steve's past career on the box

okay folks, i think this is it... 3-and-a-half hours of render time later!  pretty happy with how this has turned out

you can view the full UHD-resolution version at http://thecolclough.deviantart.com/art/Anim8or-v1-0-Splash-Screen-Contest-Submission-679887884

Wouldn't call it quits just yet - not without an anti-aliased render to clean up those granular reflections!

nah, don't worry, that last image wasn't meant to be finished, it was just a last test in terms of getting the colours right.  i'm pretty happy with the colours now.  since then, i've done a HD 1920x1080 version AAed at 100 samples per pixel, which is much better in terms of reducing grain but still not quite there.

so the final render is at the farm as i type: i've set it to UHD / 4K 3840x2160, AAed at 225 (15x15) samples per pixel, so it'll be interesting to see how long that takes!

So far  there are about 900 classes and structs, and 300 KLOC in Anim8or, not counting the jpg and png libraries.

good grief... i think the biggest thing i ever coded was about 2k lines, and i had fun keeping track of that - the mind boggles as to how you keep tabs on 300k lines!  my hat's off, once again

well, it's not a universal problem with 1.0 b2; i've built my splashscreen design entirely in 1.0 b2 and material application has been working fine both for whole elements and for separate mesh faces in point-edit mode

edit... sorry, posted too soon there.  just double-checked; turns out i can do texture UVs for whole elements, and i can change materials for individual faces, but UV application isn't working on individual faces