Batch Importing Materials to a txscene?

Is there currently a way to import more than 1 material at a time in the editor (or another tool?) for a txscene file? For the current project I am working on, I'm finding myself spending a lot of time importing a large number of images one by one that are already organized in folders under the data/images folder. It'd be nice to be able to just select multiple files and click 'import' and it'd import all of the images with default material settings. Could the 'create a new material' dialog allow for multi-selections in future RC's?