The Pixel Farm releases 2025 updates to PFTrack
The Pixel Farm has released its 2025 updates to PFTrack, its 3D camera tracking software.
PFTrack 2025.11.13, released last month, introduces new lens distortion algorithms, and updates the tracking, solving and photogrammetry toolsets.
This month’s PFTrack 25.12.19 update is smaller, but introduces support for third-party camera sensor databases, starting with Matchmove Machine’s CamDB database.
The Pixel Farm has also changed its pricing and licensing, reintroducing perpetual licenses.
A powerful 3D camera tracking tool for VFX and visualization work
Originally released over two decades ago, PFTrack is a well-regarded matchmoving tool for visual effects and visualization work.
It has a node-based architecture, providing access to range of automated and manual tools for tracking cameras and objects, plus a built-in a lens distortion toolset.
Its scene-reconstruction tools include a native photogrammetry toolset for reconstructing scene geometry from still images or video.
PFTrack 25.11.13: new lens distortion algorithms
PFTrack 25.11.13 overhauls the software’s lens distortion toolset.
A new anamorphic distortion model generates distortion presets for a wider range of lenses, and a new grid detection algorithm detects lens distortion grids in a wider range of shots.
In addition, a new smart distortion calibration system automatically determines the best lens distortion model to use for a shot.
The release also adds support for online and locally-hosted sensor databases – about which, more later.
Other new features and workflow improvements
There are also changes to PFTrack’s other key toolsets.
In the Tracker nodes, the User Track and Auto Track nodes get updated UIs, and new tracking and editing tools located directly in the Cinema window.
Auto Track also gets a new Localized motion prediction algorithm that better adapts to a wider range of motion types.
The Solver nodes get a new unified tracker adjustment toolset, making it possible to make local adjustments to any tracking point directly inside any node.
The Camera Solver and Survey Solver nodes get a parameter refinement toolset, providing direct control over which camera and lens parameters are adjusted during refinement.
For photogrammetry, performance of the Photo Mesh node has been improved, reducing memory usage, and making it possible to display much larger meshes on macOS.
The Image Modelling node now supports loading of custom modelling primitives.
There are also a number of other UI, workflow and performance updates, particularly to the Workpage, Node Panel and Clip Input node.
PFTrack 25.12.19: support for third-party sensor databases
The most recent release, PFTrack 25.12.19, is primarily a bugfix update, but it does open up the new sensor database system introduced in PFTrack 25.11.19 to third-parties.
The change makes it possible to use external libraries of camera sensor data, in addition to The Pixel Farm’s own online database or a studio’s own local in-house library.
The first third-party database to be integrated is Matchmove Machine’s CamDB database.
Recent pricing and licensing changes
Since we last wrote about PFTrack, The Pixel Farm has changed its pricing and licensing model, reintroducing perpetual licenses of the software.
PFTrack is now available as a node-locked Solo edition for individual artists, which provides the core functionality, but limited pipeline integration capabilities.
The Studio edition is available as a floating license, and adds a command line interface and Python API. You can see a feature comparison of the editions here.
Price and system requirements
PFTrack is compatible with Windows, macOS, and Rocky Linux.
Node-locked Solo licenses cost £699 (around $943). Floating Studio licenses cost £1,699 ($2,262). Enterprise licenses and subscriptions are priced on enquiry.
Read a full list of new features in PFTrack in the online changelog
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