Another in our popular series of vfx breakdowns done in NUKE, with Union VFX's Mervyn New showing their work on 127 Hours. Also, a look at the new July11 term at fxphd.

We review and test the new Technicolor CineStyle looks and judge them for their relevance to work intended for heavy post production. We also speak with Technicolor's Joshua Pines about CineStyle.

From FMX2011, Sebastian Sylwan, Weta CTO, on open source software and their deep opacity tech which will be part of OpenEXR 2.0. Also, a KATANA primer with Sony Pictures Imageworks' Jeremy Selan and The Foundry's Andy Lomas.

A look at two car spots that both use Flame to provide immense levels of polishing and color grading.

We take a look at the Adobe CS5.5 with a focus on After Effects and the tech behind the new tools.