An interesting online photo project and a great guide for reference images of faces. Facity provides different portraits from cities all around the world on a daily basis.

Shoran Software has released the latest version of their render management system. RenderPal V2 2.4 features a new renderer system: every aspect of a renderer can now be defined (from its supported parameters to how the passed commandline should be compiled) through an easy to use graphical editor built right into RenderPal V2. Other enhancements include: improved chunk reporting, ability to edit specific settings of a number of net jobs in one batch, possibility to set a maximum number of render attempts for net job chunks, along with numerous smaller additions and bug fixes. A trial version is available. More at RenderPal.com.

The list of Autodesk users that have received the Autodesk Masters awards is now online, along with some short personal interviews. Congrats to them all!

Tiens, déjà 10 ans! Félicitations a nos vieux amis, joyeux anniversaire et longue vie à 3DVF! A tad late to the party, but we would not want to miss it. You can read a message by Olivier Perrot at 3DVF.com. (Note: article is in French, here’s a Google English “translation”)

CGArena have made available their latest issue online, which features a tutorial on the making of a Batman character using Max and ZBrush.

Blur studio has posted an updated version of their Python for 3DS Max project. It adds working support for Max 2010 (32 and 64-bit), fixes a few bugs, and the source code has been released to the public.

3DVF interviews David Lanier on the development of their DL3D shaders and more. (Note: interview is in French, here’s a Google English mistranslation)

Read the news at the Imperial College London.

Felix is a rendering software developed for architects, designers and engineers. The software allows users to import geometry into the Felix editor, define views, assign materials and render via Stack Studios’ Maxwell-based render farm. More at Stack! Studios (Stack Software->Felix) and FelixRender.com.

CGenie did a great survey last year, which shed some very interesting results. “Following last year’s CG survey which thousands of you responded to, the 2010 CG survey is now open. This is your chance to let the big CG companies know what you think about all the CG software packages you use. Your opinion will be heard in an unbiased and unfiltered way – all the companies surveyed will receive your comments and feedback, and there will be interviews with each company after the results are in! So please take the time to fill in the survey to make sure your CG software is represented!”