Medical Animation Resources and Links
We work with expert medical illustrators, science scriptwriters and award-winning sound engineers to tailor your project to your exact needs.
MATT BERKY
Sound Engineer/Composer
As an award-winning Composer and Production Engineer, Matt Berky brings years of experience and his celebrated style to every project large or small. Whether recording voice-over artists, composing music or producing sound design, Matt infuses his award winning sound into everything he does.
By six years old Matt was already being classically trained on violin, later earning the top rankings in the state. This love for music swelled while studying music at The University of Hartford as a young teen. Matt made the natural transition of violin to guitar majoring in jazz theory and improvisation at Plymouth State University in NH. Acclaimed for his body of work, Matt was honored with the highest composition award by the University in 2001.
Matt’s work has been acknowledged by the Silver Microphone Awards, the prestigious Telly Awards for his music scoring and the Communicator Awards for his radio production technique. His music can be heard around the world on radio and television, medical animations, corporate videos, films and documentaries.
Matt’s acclaimed music score for “The Inner Life of a Cell” produced by Harvard University in 2007 has brought Massive Productions world-wide acclaim. Featured on ABC World News with Charles Gibson, the video has circled the globe, helping teach biology students all over the world pairing animation with Matt’s innovative sound design and composition.
Check out Matt’s website, and this video of his studio:
MIKE SMITH
3D Animator
Mike Smith graduated with a BFA in production animation from Digipen Institute in 2008. He was hired shortly thereafter by XVIVO Scientific Animation, where he worked for more than five years as a Lead Animator and Art Director. During that time Mike successfully created dozens of animation projects, some of which have won awards for excellence.
Mike brings a wide range of 3D strengths, spanning more than 11 years of experience with 3D software including: particles, texturing, key frame animation, dynamic simulations, modeling, rigging, advanced lighting, rendering, scripting, and post-production.
Software skills include: 3ds Max, Mental Ray, Photoshop, After Effects and Final Cut Pro.
Mike has eleven years of experience with video and photography, including editing, lighting, cameras, traditional and digital techniques, and he’s also a traditional artist whose expertise includes drawing, painting, vector and raster graphics, 2D animation, and sculpture.
HELENA MARTIN
3D Scientific Animator, Generalist
Helena Martin is a skilled generalist medical/scientific animator with a keen eye for detail and color. She has over 4 years experience creating several types of animations including: mechanism of action, disease state, device and patient education.
XVIVO
Scientific Animation
Over the years we’ve worked with award-winning XVIVO on numerous projects including “The Inner Life of the Cell”, “Powering the Cell: Mitochondria”, and “Zirus Antivirotics”.
Lightwave 3D
LightWave 3D Software provides Award-Winning, Production-Proven VFX and Animation Tools for Artists.
LightWave 3D combines a state-of-the-art renderer with powerful, intuitive modeling, and animation tools. Tools that may cost extra in other professional 3D applications are part of the product package, including 999 free cross-platform render nodes, support for Windows and Mac UB 64 and 32-bit operating systems, free technical support and more. LightWave is enjoyed worldwide, as a complete 3D production solution for feature film and television visual effects, broadcast design, print graphics, visualization, game development, and Web. LightWave is responsible for more artists winning Emmy Awards than any other 3D application.
BlenderArtists.org A link to “The Inner Life of the Cell” thread on the Blender Artists forum.