Helicopter Animation - TRV

Animations & Simulations

Marc Kleinmann

A helicopter container pickup animation for TRV

Environment Type:

Desert Location

3D Product Type:

Aircraft

Project Description & Requirements

Design, Build and animate environment and sequence for a Chinook Helicopter container pickup. Lumen render for fast iterations and real-time performance for future configuration capabilities.

Development Process

Step 1: Build Desert Scene

The desert scene was designed from scratch with Procedural Tools and assets from the Quixel Marketplace.

Step 2: Modify Helicopter Marketplace asset

Marketplace assets had to be modified to render correctly in Lumen in 5.3

Step 3: Set up camera and camera move

Set up UE Cinecams for each shot with proper lens and camera moves

Step 4: Animate Helicopter & Container pickup

Animate the heli flight animation and container pickup in Unreal engine

Outcome & Results

✨ Visual Excellence: High-quality 3D animated sequence designed to meet the creative vision.

🪄 Optimized Performance: Ensure animation performs for Lumen real-time playback an animation.

⚡ Speed: After initial setup, I was able to provide the client with revisions within hours of the request, allowing for a speedy completion of the project.