Ghost Productions

January 2009 Client Highlight

At Zygote, we love hearing about what you are doing with the Zygote 3D Anatomy Collections. It’s gratifying to work with such talented people and see the high quality work that is being produced. Ghost Productions is just such a group who is producing ground-breaking work using Zygote’s 3D Human Anatomy Collections. We are pleased to introduce them as January’s Customer Highlight.

“I've spent about 2 years working with Zygote human anatomy models. We licensed both the Male and Female Collections, including bones, soft tissues and organs.

One of the biggest benefits from using the Zygote models has been the clean quadrilateral geometry. It allows a lot more latitude for modifying and deforming the models to fit the needs of any given medical animation. I am able to cut holes, merge geometry and even make boolean cuts without the typical headaches from non-manifold errors and object normal deviations.

Another useful aspect of Zygote data is the pre-mapped UV coordinates and textures. These base materials have been a good starting point to build more sophisticated shader networks for my specific project requirements.

The versatility of the clean geometry, combined with texturing, has come in very handy in a number of recent animations.

In one recent project we used the Zygote Female Model in an animation depicting a sinus surgery. We were able to combine the Zygote model with custom geometry representing details our client was looking for. We started with the Zygote model and modified it globally to represent different facial features in order to fit our client's specific needs. We were then able to freely deform the model and create a slightly different person with minimal difficulty. The anatomical accuracy of the Zygote models has also freed up discovery time normally devoted to translating typical features to geometry. We can now devote this time to refining details and making our work more beautiful.”

• Nic Wiederhold
• COO/ Lead TD
• Ghost Productions

“Being the main contact between Ghost and Zygote, I can't find too many faults with the relationship. From eyeballs, to infants, to the entire male and female systems, Zygote has been very honest, accommodating and even proactive. I have had dealings with most of the geometry banks for over a decade, and I can honestly say that none of them hold a candle to Zygote's service and anatomical models. Even when we've found flaws and/or shortfalls in the content, the situation is either dealt with or it at least provides an excellent foundation upon which to elaborate and improve. I'm very pleased with the product. Thanks Zygote.”

• Jason Slinger
• Lead Animator
• Ghost Productions

If you are interested in having Zygote highlight your company, or if we can help you with an upcoming project, please contact us; we’d love to help.

Photos, videos, quotes, and text were provided by Ghost Productions