Name

ROTFILTER®

Legal name

ROTFILTER GmbH

Website

https://rotfilter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative visual production services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (54143), Photographic Services (54192), Postproduction Services and Other Motion Picture and Video Industries (51219)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Content Studio & Creative Resourcing (In-house/Embedded Teams) (BPAFAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Compositing Services (2D/3D Compositing, Keying, Roto, Cleanup) (MPAHABAC), Rotoscoping, Cleanup & Paint (Animation Support) (MPAHACAK)

Keywords

• Image design services
• Photo retouching
• CGI compositing
• Advertising photography
• Creative post-production

Headquarters

HQ city

Breitenfurt Bei Wien

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Creative Services: ROTFILTER generates revenue through providing professional image design services for advertising, fashion, and art. Services include image conception from idea to creation, graphic design, compositing, retouching, colour grading, CGI, photography, photo production, and lithography. Revenue is derived from project-based creative work for advertising agencies and direct corporate clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

ROTFILTER GmbH is a Vienna-based image design studio that conceives, produces, and refines photographic and visual content for advertising, fashion, and art. The studio delivers a unified end-to-end creative workflow covering image conception, graphic design, compositing, retouching, colour grading, CGI, photography, photo production, and lithography for advertising agencies and direct corporate clients.

Product overview

ROTFILTER® is a Vienna-based creative studio founded in 2001 by Andreas Furtner and Martin Riedl, operating as an image design office (Büro für Bilddesign) for advertising, fashion, and art. The company offers a unified suite of visual creative services centered on image conception and refinement, encompassing graphic design, compositing, retouching, colour grading, CGI, photography, photo production, and lithography. The firm works with a team of experienced professionals from advertising, photography, graphics, and copywriting to guide projects from initial concept through to final execution. The company serves major international agencies and brands across automotive, financial, fashion, cultural, and consumer goods sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Image Conception and Design Services End-to-end image conception and design service for advertising, fashion, and art clients, covering graphic design, compositing, retouching, colour grading, CGI, photography, photo production, and lithography. Delivered to advertising agencies and direct corporate brands as a contracted creative project.

Named customers40 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Friendly FireminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Friendly Fire on the Twin Towers art project against terrorism, working with photographer Michael Winkelmann.
• Shoot It Production (Los Angeles)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction partner for drom fragrances international project, based in Los Angeles.
• Advertising Agencies NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorROTFILTER serves as a specialist creative services provider to a broad network of advertising agencies including DDB Wien, Demner Merlicek & Bergmann, Jung von Matt, McCANN, TBWA, Ogilvy, Publicis, GGK MullenLowe, FCB NEUWIEN, and many others. These agencies act as channel partners, engaging ROTFILTER for client projects.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• D-Factory: German post-production and CGI studio serving advertising and film clients with compositing and VFX services — comparable in service offering and Central European agency network positioning.
• Studio Brasch: Long-established German retouching and post-production studio serving advertising agencies and brands with image refinement, compositing, and CGI — directly comparable to ROTFILTER in service scope, agency-mediated GTM, and premium European positioning.
• Simian International: Copenhagen-based creative retouching and CGI studio serving advertising agencies and global brands — directly comparable specialist peer with similar agency-channel go-to-market and European premium positioning.
• Electric Theatre Collective: London-based creative finishing and post-production studio working with agencies and brands on color, VFX, and design. Directly comparable in service mix, agency relationships, and award-winning craft orientation.
• Soho Images: UK retouching and CGI studio serving advertising clients with high-end image finishing — directly comparable boutique specialist competing for the same agency-mediated briefs as ROTFILTER.

Broad incumbents

• Recom Group: Large European post-production and VFX group covering film, advertising, and broadcast post services. Comparable to ROTFILTER as an end-to-end image finishing provider but operating at significantly broader scale and across multiple media verticals.
• The Mill: Global VFX and post-production leader serving advertising, film, and gaming — much larger scale but competes for the same high-end agency briefs involving CGI, compositing, and finishing work that ROTFILTER delivers.

Emerging players

• Zeitguised: Berlin-based art and CGI studio working at the intersection of advertising and experimental moving image — comparable in CGI-heavy craft orientation and European agency clientele, though more art-driven.

Others

• Jung von Matt: Major European creative agency network and a documented ROTFILTER client. Comparable as a counterpart in the agency-creative services value chain rather than a competitor, illustrating the channel-partner relationship that drives ROTFILTER's inbound work.
• TBWA\: Global advertising agency network with documented Austrian/German offices that engage ROTFILTER for post-production. Relevant as a buyer of ROTFILTER's services and an indicator of the global holding-company agency channel that sources specialist creative work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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