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Bsurfaces is a Blender add-on that utilizes freehand strokes and bezier curves to generate clean and proper polygons. (more...)

Color Mixer is a new script that offers a more intuitive way to blend two colors and control the steps or color values that you get between the two. More at ScriptSpot.

CGSociety interviews project lead, Josh Weier and fellow artists to discuss ideas, techniques and process behind Valve Software's Portal 2. More at CGSociety.

E-on software has just posted an interview with Ronen Bekerman. Read it on the LumenRT website.  (Disclaimer: expect direct questions aimed at highlighting LumenRT's capabilities)

E-on software is hosting its 2011 3D environment competition. Read about the judges, prize list and rules of the competition at E-on software.

NOX is an unbiased renderer developed by the Evermotion team. It is now in open beta and free for anyone to use. Read more at Evermotion.

An event covering topics ranging from using V-Ray to your benefit when compositing, theory behind the V-Ray engine and techniques, and using Nuke and V-Ray side by side, is being hosted by VES, Chaos Group and The Foundry. The event will be held in Hollywood, California on July 28, 2011. To read more about this event and its speakers, visit the Visual Effects Society.

Amplify is a virtual texturing plugin for Unity Pro that will allow you to work comfortably without thinking twice about texture memory limits. Read more at Insidious Technologies.

CGarchitect has just announced the winners of its 2011 Architectural 3D awards. View them at CGarchitect.

Paramount Pictures, creators of the recent film Rango, is launching a new animation division that is set to develop a variety of CGI animated films for the Nickelodeon label. Read more at The Hollywood Reporter.