Trace VFX
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2010
- Employees
- 201-500
- Offices
- 5
About Trace VFX
Trace VFX is a visual effects prep and outsourcing studio serving feature films, episodic television, streaming productions and advertising. Founded in 2010, the business developed around production teams in Mumbai and client-facing representation in North America and Europe. Its work supports visual effects facilities that need specialist preparation, tracking and compositing assistance within larger production pipelines.
The studio began with rotoscoping and expanded into digital paint, cleanup, matchmove, rotoanimation and 2D compositing. Its preparation services include stereo and mono rotoscoping, rig removal, plate cleanup and dustbusting. These tasks prepare photographed material for subsequent visual effects work, while its tracking services help align computer-generated elements with live-action footage.
Production capabilities
Trace's technical offering includes 3D camera reconstruction, solve stabilization and survey alignment, alongside body tracking and digital-double matchmove handoffs. The reported capability set also includes hard-surface and character modeling, rigging, sequence-level compositing and finishing assistance. Custom pipeline development and dedicated production units support its outsourcing relationships with international studios.
Its distributed operating model concentrated artist teams and production work in the Mumbai area, with producers, supervisors and account staff supporting overseas clients. The arrangement was developed to provide round-the-clock turnaround for film and commercial post-production schedules. Trace worked with visual effects companies including MPC, The Mill, Mikros Image and Mr. X, contributing specialist work within broader production teams.
Work and company history
Reported credits include The Jungle Book, The Martian, Life of Pi, the Harry Potter and X-Men franchises, and Sense8. Its commercial work includes campaigns for Samsung, Coca-Cola, Sony and Ikea, with collaborations involving The Mill and Electric Theatre Collective.
Technicolor acquired Trace around 2017–2018. Its production infrastructure and public branding were subsequently integrated into Technicolor Creative Studios. The Indian operating entity remains legally active under group management, while the Trace brand's public communications direct clients toward the parent organization.
More about Trace VFX
Founders and corporate leadership
- Trace was founded by Jonathan (Jon) Clark Mason, Matthew (Matt) Herman and Varun Rajan Parange. Its origins involved former staff of The Mill; these historical founding roles do not establish current executive positions.
- The research identifies Kranti Sarma and Atul Balkrishna Yevale as the current directors of the Indian operating entity.
Embedded production collaboration
In 2018, MPC Bangalore established a dedicated Matchmove and RotoAnim unit embedded within Trace's Mumbai production floor, illustrating how partner-specific teams operated inside its production infrastructure.
Subsequent ventures
After their post-acquisition tenure at Technicolor, Jonathan Mason and Varun Parange co-founded the separate venture Hotspring in 2020/2021.
Notable credits
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Where Trace VFX is based
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai offices
About this office
**Office** Status: active Address: Ujagar Infotech Park, Ground Floor, Plot No. 2A, CTS 653/6, Opposite Deonar Bus Depot, Sunder Baug, Deonar, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400088, India Phone: +91 22 6131 9200 Reported historical production hub in Deonar. The report supports the premises' direct association with Trace but does not establish a closure date. --- **Office** Status: active Address: Units 501–502, Tower 3, One International Center, Senapati Bapat Marg, Prabhadevi West, Lower Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400013, India Registered corporate office of Trace VFX Solutions India Private Limited within the Technicolor complex.
- 11th Floor, Units 11B105 & 11B136/138, Tower 1, Seawoods Grand Central, Sector 40, Seawoods Railway Station, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400706, IndiaNavi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Navi Mumbai office
Additional production facility at Seawoods Grand Central.
- 127 Wardour Street, Soho, London W1F 0NL, United KingdomLondon, England, United Kingdom
London office
About this office
European client services and producer representation integrated into Technicolor Creative Studios and co-located at the Technicolor / MPC headquarters.
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles office
About this office
West Coast client services and studio production management presence. The published Santa Monica Boulevard address is a commercial private mailbox, so it is not presented as physical office premises.
- New York, United States
New York office
About this office
North American client services and management presence. The published Park Avenue South address is a commercial private mailbox, so it is not presented as physical office premises.
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