of innovation

When we introduced ftrack to the world in 2012, we were a team of just five. Ten years on, and ftrack is 50 people strong with three products and a thirst for innovation. Here, we celebrate ftrack’s decade-long journey and everything that’s made the company what it is today.

of innovation

When we introduced ftrack to the world in 2012, we were a team of just five. Ten years on, and ftrack is 50 people strong with three products and a thirst for innovation. Here, we celebrate ftrack’s decade-long journey and everything that’s made the company what it is today.

Thank you for 10 years of ftrack

A lot can happen in 10 years, but none of it would have been possible without our customers. ftrack has reached this milestone – and all the highlights along the way – thanks to the endless talent and dedication from those that use our software. We sincerely thank all of our customers from over the years for their support and feedback. You truly make ftrack what it is.

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Would you like to celebrate with us at SIGGRAPH?

The ftrack team will be at SIGGRAPH in force! So come along to booth #403 to celebrate with beers on the booth and Nintendo, or to check out 10 years of innovation at our ftrack theater presentations. We hope to see you there!

Meet ftrack at SIGGRAPH

2009

The first-ever incarnation of ftrack Studio is born at Fido VFX (now Goodbye Kansas Studios). Fredrik, Björn, and Mattias get to work!

2011

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors cineSync with a Technical Achievement Award.

2012

ftrack the company is born. ftrack Studio becomes ftrack’s first product, and real-world productions start using the software.

2013

London’s leading visual effects vendor, Cinesite, adopts ftrack Studio. One of its first projects with ftrack Studio is World War Z.

2014-2016

ftrack Studio’s use explodes across hundreds of productions, including film series like The Avengers and James Bond.

2017

ftrack expands into Asia with a dedicated team in Shanghai. Chinese customers today include NetEase Games and Tencent!

2017

With 875% growth, ftrack ranks as Sweden’s 14th fastest-growing tech company on Deloitte’s Sweden Technology Fast 50 2017.

2017

ftrack ranks 131st on Deloitte’s Fast 500 EMEA list, which ranks the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in the EMEA region.

2018

cineSync wins a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for services to the television industry and shows like HBO’s Game of Thrones.

2018

ftrack continues to grow – the team raises a $3.5m investment to accelerate global expansion and take the next leap in ftrack’s journey.

2019

ftrack launches its second product: ftrack Review, the media review and approval tool for super-simple creative feedback.

2019

ftrack joins the Academy Software Foundation to support and help develop the open-source visual effects community.

2019

ftrack completes the assessment process for the Trusted Partner Network (TPN) – the industry-standard authority for security.

2019

ftrack joins forces with Cospective. The Academy Award- and Emmy-winning cineSync becomes our third product!

2020

In response to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and the surge in remote work, we offer ftrack Review free of charge.

2021

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors ftrack Studio with a Technical Achievement Award.

2021

ftrack’s headcount surpasses 50 team members, with employees collaborating across seven countries worldwide.

2021

ftrack becomes part of Backlight, alongside its new partner companies Celtx, iconik, Wildmoka, and Zype.

2022

ftrack hosts its first-ever company annual meetup in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Big plans are made for the future!

2022

ftrack turns 10. We’re already looking forward to the next ten years, with so much more planned for ftrack!

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Emmy Technology and Engineering Awards

2

Academy Sci-Tech Awards

3

products (Review, Studio, and cineSync)

8

countries worked from by the ftrack team

10

Best VFX Academy Award winners served

600

studios have used ftrack in 50 countries

1000

% growth in ftrack team size over 10 years

1000

+ projects delivered (from Avengers to Dune)

1122

improvements, fixes, and features since 2017

Thank you for 10 years of ftrack

A lot can happen in 10 years, but none of it would have been possible without our customers. ftrack has reached this milestone – and all the highlights along the way – thanks to the endless talent and dedication from those that use our software. We sincerely thank all of our customers from over the years for their support and feedback. You truly make ftrack what it is.

Play Video

Would you like to celebrate with us at SIGGRAPH?

The ftrack team will be at SIGGRAPH in force! So come along to booth #403 to celebrate with beers on the booth and Nintendo, or to check out 10 years of innovation at our ftrack theater presentations. We hope to see you there!

Meet ftrack at SIGGRAPH

2009

The first-ever incarnation of ftrack Studio is born at Fido VFX (now Goodbye Kansas Studios). Fredrik, Björn, and Mattias get to work!

2011

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors cineSync with a Technical Achievement Award.

2012

ftrack the company is born. ftrack Studio becomes ftrack’s first product, and real-world productions start using the software.

2013

London’s leading visual effects vendor, Cinesite, adopts ftrack Studio. One of its first projects with ftrack Studio is World War Z.

2014-2016

ftrack Studio’s use explodes across hundreds of productions, including film series like The Avengers and James Bond.

2017

ftrack expands into Asia with a dedicated team in Shanghai. Chinese customers today include NetEase Games and Tencent!

2017

With 875% growth, ftrack ranks as Sweden’s 14th fastest-growing tech company on Deloitte’s Sweden Technology Fast 50 2017.

2017

ftrack ranks 131st on Deloitte’s Fast 500 EMEA list, which ranks the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in the EMEA region.

2018

cineSync wins a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for services to the television industry and shows like HBO’s Game of Thrones.

2018

ftrack continues to grow – the team raises a $3.5m investment to accelerate global expansion and take the next leap in ftrack’s journey.

2019

ftrack launches its second product: ftrack Review, the media review and approval tool for super-simple creative feedback.

2019

ftrack joins the Academy Software Foundation to support and help develop the open-source visual effects community.

2019

ftrack completes the assessment process for the Trusted Partner Network (TPN) – the industry-standard authority for security.

2019

ftrack joins forces with Cospective. The Academy Award- and Emmy-winning cineSync becomes our third product!

2020

In response to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and the surge in remote work, we offer ftrack Review free of charge.

2021

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors ftrack Studio with a Technical Achievement Award.

2021

ftrack’s headcount surpasses 50 team members, with employees collaborating across seven countries worldwide.

2021

ftrack becomes part of Backlight, alongside its new partner companies Celtx, iconik, Wildmoka, and Zype.

2022

ftrack hosts its first-ever company annual meetup in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Big plans are made for the future!

2022

ftrack turns 10. We’re already looking forward to the next ten years, with so much more planned for ftrack!

ftrack’s Fredrik Limsater and Cinesite’s Michele Sciolette celebrate 10 years of ftrack

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ftrack’s Fredrik Limsater and Cinesite’s Michele Sciolette celebrate 10 years of ftrack

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A chat with ftrack's founders

Today, ftrack is 50+ people strong with employees in seven countries worldwide, but it all started with just three – Fredrik Limsater, Björn Rydahl, and Mattias Lagergren. Learn how ftrack came to be in this interview with the company’s first three team members.

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”ftrack is the backbone of our busy production pipeline. Seeing the product and company grow and evolve is fantastic – we can’t wait to see what the future brings. Congratulations from everyone at Blue Zoo on your 10th anniversary!

Tom BoxManaging Director, Blue Zoo

”ftrack is the backbone of our busy production pipeline. Seeing the product and company grow and evolve is fantastic – we can’t wait to see what the future brings. Congratulations from everyone at Blue Zoo on your 10th anniversary!

Tom BoxManaging Director, Blue Zoo

Where it all began

ftrack was born 10 years ago at Fido – a VFX studio with credits on projects like Kung Fury, The Walking Dead, and Kick-Ass. Today, that studio is Goodbye Kansas. We spoke to Goodbye Kansas about how things have changed, and how ftrack remains an essential piece of the puzzle.

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”We recently created our 2,000th project in ftrack! We've enjoyed a close partnership with the ftrack team, and we've even been able to influence the future of the platform. We're excited to see where the company goes next!

Thorsten KaufmannProduction Pipeline Architect, Mackevision

”We recently created our 2,000th project in ftrack! We've enjoyed a close partnership with the ftrack team, and we've even been able to influence the future of the platform. We're excited to see where the company goes next!

Thorsten KaufmannProduction Pipeline Architect, Mackevision

The future and ftrack

ftrack’s founder and CEO, Fredrik Limsater, recently spoke with the VFX Futures podcast to discuss the state of play in production tracking for VFX and animation. You can listen to the full podcast below. (And learn where the “f” in ftrack came from!)

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”Since 2012, we've run more than 650 projects and 150,000 tasks across 60,000 VFX shots in ftrack – and published more than 500,000 versions. That's what we call a reliable tool.

Pierre BilletChief Technology Officer, CGEV

”Since 2012, we've run more than 650 projects and 150,000 tasks across 60,000 VFX shots in ftrack – and published more than 500,000 versions. That's what we call a reliable tool.

Pierre BilletChief Technology Officer, CGEV

Innovation at ftrack

Learn about some of the recent developments taking place at ftrack.

AnnouncementsNewsProductReviewSecurityStudio
September 21, 2023

ftrack achieves SOC 2 Security compliance, setting a new standard for secure creative project management

We’re pleased to announce the successful completion of ftrack’s independent SOC 2 audit, reaffirming the commitment, consideration, and care we continue to give to the security of your projects. For…
Chris McMahon
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ftrackcineSyncProductReviewTips & tricks
September 21, 2023

Protecting Your Creative Vision During Desktop and Web-based Review & Approval

When it comes to the question of security for media review solutions, how do we manage the balance between protecting the media, but still keeping the solutions simple and user…
Charlotte Hester
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New featuresProductReleaseReviewStudio
July 10, 2023

What’s new in ftrack media review – Easy sequence editing, audio-only file review, and huge uploads!

We're introducing even more efficiency and precision to your reviews with the latest media review updates in ftrack Review and ftrack Studio! We've fine-tuned our review and approval process, introducing…
Chris McMahon
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Congratulations to team ftrack for reaching their 10-year milestone! CoSA VFX's continued partnership with ftrack has helped drive quality and efficiency for our clients, provided elegant simplicity for our artists and producers, and allowed us a seamless transition into a global remote workforce. Thank you, ftrack!

Jeremy MooreHead of Production, CoSA VFX
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ftrack is an essential part of our workflow: it makes big VFX projects easily manageable and simplifies our integrations with software like Nuke, Hiero, DaVinci Resolve, and Adobe. Also, with the ftrack API, we can easily integrate our bespoke O2 Filmes software. So, here's to another 10 years of innovation!

Luis Ignacio BarragueDirector of Operations, O2 Filmes
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ftrack has always been a key tool at Saddington Baynes, but it became utterly essential during lockdown when we moved to a virtual set-up. Now, thanks to ftrack becoming more embedded into our workflow, we have the agility to run a seamless hybrid team across complex productions, both remotely and locally.

Andrew WhiteCreative Director, Saddington Baynes
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ftrack has supported our 2D animation projects for 10 years. The platform has been crucial across hundreds of projects, both on the production and client sides. We sincerely congratulate ftrack on its successes to date and hope that we will continue to grow together in the years to come!

Marcin WasilewskiCreative Director, GS Animation
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Congratulations to everyone at ftrack on your 10th anniversary! In 2012, we introduced ftrack into the core of our infrastructure. Since then, you've helped Cinesite's teams deliver unforgettable stories by keeping us on track (literally) and allowing us to focus on our craft without the worry of complex project management.

Alexander SavenkoGroup Head of Production Technology, Cinesite