Trace VFX

Trace Visual Effects
Privately Held Company
Industry Media and entertainment
Founded 2010
Founders Matthew Herman
Jonathan Mason
Varun Parange
Headquarters New York City, USA
Products Visual effects, 3D animation
Number of employees
 300+ (Jan 2015)
Website www.tracevfx.com

Trace Visual Effects (Trace VFX) is a visual effects company founded in 2010 with facilities in New York City and Mumbai. The company provides VFX prep, outsourcing and animation services to companies around the globe.

History

Founding

In 2010, former The Mill employees Matthew Herman and Jon Mason along with classmate Varun Parange won the Baruch College Invitational Entrepreneurship Competition for their business plan entitled "Pangea Visual Effects."[1][2] After winning 1st place, the three founders raised additional capital and changed its name to "Trace Visual Effects." In early 2011, the company opened offices in New York City and Mumbai, India.[3]

Growth

Since Trace's first office, the company has grown from 10 staff in 2011 to over 300 in 2015.[4] The company currently has employees in New York City, Mumbai and Los Angeles.

Current Operations

Offerings

Trace VFX is involved in a range of visual effects prep services. The company's services includes; Rotoscoping (roto), cleanup, matchmove, camera tracking and 3D animation. Trace primarily works on TV commercials in the US, UK and Europe, but has completed work for many hollywood feature films as well.[5] In 2015 the company worked on over 15 commercials in the Super Bowl.[6]

Shotbox

In 2014, the company launched Shotbox, a proprietary internet based tool that allows clients to look at their projects in real-time.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Names Winners of 2010 Invitational Entrepreneurship Competition". Baruch College.
  2. ↑ "EShip Spotlight: Trace VFX". Baruch College.
  3. ↑ "Trace VFX - About". Trace VFX.
  4. ↑ "Trace - Passionate about Visual Effects". ftrack.
  5. ↑ "Visual effects company establishes industry niche with EMC Isilon scale-out NAS" (PDF). EMC.
  6. ↑ "Trace VFX Post - Feb 2, 2015". facebook.com.
  7. ↑ "Trace - Passionate about Visual Effects". ftrack.

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