How long does trade show CGI take to produce?

Typically 3–6 weeks from brief to delivery. Rush timelines are possible.

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Trade Show CGI Studio. 3D content that owns the floor. Trade Show CGI Studio. 3D content that owns the floor.

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Checkpoint Digital Product Passport trade show CGI animation

Trade Show CGI · Checkpoint Checkpoint Digital Product Passport Trade show magnet · Shortened sales cycles

Exhibition Film · Checkpoint Checkpoint — Future of Retail Cinematic 3D brand film for trade events

Novation LaunchKey MK4 product launch film

Product Launch Film · Novation Novation LaunchKey MK4 43,850 YouTube views · 79.9K Instagram

Product Launch Film · Focusrite Focusrite Scarlett 4th Gen 33K YouTube views · 79.9K Instagram

↑ Shortened sales cycles — Checkpoint DPP trade show activation

43,850 YouTube views — Novation LaunchKey MK4 launch film

33K YouTube views — Focusrite Scarlett 4th Gen launch film

What is trade show CGI?

Trade show CGI is 3D animation, product visualisation and brand film content created specifically for exhibitions, conferences and sales events. Whether it is a product demo film running on a large format screen, an interactive product configurator for a stand, or a cinematic brand film designed to draw crowds in a busy exhibition hall — the goal is the same: make your stand impossible to walk past.

Great trade show content does two things. It stops people at the stand and keeps them there long enough for a conversation. Checkpoint's Digital Product Passport CGI animation did exactly that — it became the centrepiece of their exhibition presence and directly shortened their sales cycles by making a complex product immediately understandable.

Why CGI works on the trade show floor

Physical products on a stand are limited by what you can bring, set up and demonstrate live. CGI trade show content has no such restrictions. You can show your product from any angle, in any environment, at any scale. You can demonstrate features that are invisible to the naked eye. You can show a product that does not yet exist. And you can do all of it in a format that is visually compelling enough to compete for attention in the noisiest environment imaginable.

We build content for trade show screens, exhibition stands, conference presentations, sales deck videos and product launch events. Everything is delivered in the right format for your display hardware — 4K, ultra-wide, portrait or landscape.

How we make it

We work in Cinema 4D and Redshift to build photoreal product animations and brand films. We can work from CAD data, product photography or technical briefs. Every piece of trade show CGI we create is designed to work at large screen sizes — no pixellation, no compression artefacts, no excuses. See our CGI product film studio page, our ecommerce CGI studio, or our pricing page for more.

Frequently asked questions

Most trade show CGI projects sit between £5,000 and £20,000 depending on length, complexity and number of deliverables. Use our price calculator or get in touch for a quote.

Yes. We regularly build from CAD files or technical drawings before a product is in production. This is one of the key advantages of CGI over photography for trade show content.

We deliver in any format required — 4K MP4, ProRes, ultra-wide, portrait and landscape. We match the spec of your display hardware exactly so the content looks its best on screen.

Typically 3–6 weeks from brief to delivery. If you have an exhibition deadline, get in touch early — rush timelines are possible subject to availability.

Yes. We have built interactive product experiences including real-time 3D configurators and virtual showrooms. See our Oral B iO Virtual Showroom case study for an example.

Retail technology, consumer electronics, medical devices, industrial equipment, FMCG and music tech — any industry where products benefit from being shown at their best. See our CGI for retail technology page for more.

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Weasel Creative is a UK-based 3D animation studio specialising in 3D product animation, motion design, and CGI video production. Based in Farnham, Surrey, we work with B2B and B2C brands across manufacturing, retail technology, FMCG, and electronics to create clear, high-quality visual content. Our services include CGI product films, FOOH campaigns, ecommerce CGI, trade show content, industrial animation, product visualisation, CGI explainer videos, and motion graphics for marketing, product launches, and technical communication. We serve brands and agencies across the UK including London, Surrey, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Brighton, Cambridge, Glasgow, Nottingham, Sheffield, Oxford, and Cardiff. Clients include Disney, Diageo, Focusrite, Novation, Checkpoint Systems, and Amazon. Built in Cinema 4D and rendered in Redshift — cinematic 3D animation for marketers and brands that sell.