In the world of print, packaging, decor, and digital visualization, everything begins with one crucial element: an accurate, high-quality representation of the physical world. That is exactly where METIS technology excels.

With our Scan Service, you gain access to the full power of METIS scanners, including ultra-high-resolution capture, precise surface geometry, and photometric intelligence, without investing in hardware or specialized operators.
Whether your goal is to build a new decor collection, prepare PBR textures for a 3D workflow, create laser-ready topographies, or digitize artwork for reproduction and preservation, the CGS ORIS Scan Service provides a flawless digital foundation.
Let’s take a closer look at what the process delivers.

Design Scanning: Where Every Texture Begins

For designers in decor, furniture, flooring, textiles, packaging, and industrial surfaces, a perfect digital starting point is essential. Physical materials contain subtle details such as tiny fibers, shadow behavior, microtexture, and gloss transitions that conventional cameras and scanners cannot reliably capture. METIS can.

Our design-focused scans reproduce materials with exceptional fidelity. High-resolution RGB color capture records every tone and variation, while advanced systems such as DC SynchroLight intelligently control lighting to reveal the true character of the material. The scanner also captures haptic qualities, allowing the digital version to feel as authentic as the original.

METIS supports extremely large formats up to 260 × 155 cm. With Scan-Merge functionality, this can be expanded even further. This makes it possible to digitize full material panels instead of small samples, enabling designers to work with realistic patterns that reflect real-world scale and flow.

The result is a high-quality digital content base that can be refined, recolored, adjusted, enlarged, and directly integrated into creative workflows.

Laser Data Capture: Precision for Advanced Manufacturing

In laser texturing and advanced manufacturing, scan quality directly determines tool quality. Applications include automotive interiors, consumer electronics surfaces, embossing rollers for packaging, and industrial molds.

METIS scanners record geometric and textural information at resolutions below 10 microns while covering large areas up to 260 × 155 cm. Achieving this combination of micro-detail and macro-scale coverage is challenging with conventional systems.

The scan data integrates seamlessly with 5-axis nano and femto laser systems, including solutions such as the GF LASER S 1200 U fs Hybrid. Every captured bump, groove, and fiber translates accurately into the engraved surface. Because the scan includes controlled depth information, the resulting laser texture feels authentic and natural.

METIS is up to 50 times faster than traditional scanning methods, reducing preparation time and enabling more iterative development cycles.

PBR, 3D & Virtual Visualization: All Maps from One Scan

Once a surface is captured, the next step is transforming it into digital assets that behave naturally in 3D and rendering environments. With a single METIS SuperScan, all core PBR components required for modern visualization workflows can be extracted.

Instead of creating multiple lighting setups or generating maps manually in software, METIS automatically produces base color, roughness, displacement, and normal data directly from the physical scan. This ensures consistent and realistic material behavior across platforms such as Unreal Engine, Blender, Cinema 4D, or Substance.

The Light Inspector software extends creative flexibility further. It allows digital relighting of the captured surface by adjusting highlights, shadows, gloss levels, and light direction without rescanning. Designers can generate multiple material variations and lighting scenarios from a single scan, accelerating development and reducing the need for repeated physical setups.

Companies such as Interprint USA have demonstrated the impact of this approach by digitizing wood, stone, and decorative elements while significantly reducing production time.

Art Reproduction: Preserving Detail, Color & History

The CGS ORIS Scan Service is not limited to industrial applications. Museums, artists, galleries, and cultural institutions rely on METIS for fine-art digitization.

Paintings, drawings, manuscripts, mixed-media works, and historical artifacts benefit from touch-free, highly controlled capture conditions. ICC-managed color workflows and an exceptionally large color gamut ensure that the digital file closely matches the original artwork.

Subtle elements such as brush textures, varnish effects, canvas structure, and natural aging are preserved with remarkable precision.

This makes METIS ideal for:

• High-end art reproductions
• Limited edition printing
• Digital archives
• Restoration documentation
• Virtual exhibitions and museums

For institutions seeking a balance between preservation and accessibility, the Scan Service provides digital assets that maintain the integrity of the original while minimizing risk.

Software Tools: Full Control Without Hardware Thanks To METIS Light Inspector

A central advantage of the CGS ORIS Scan Service is access to the powerful software ecosystem behind the technology, especially the Light Inspector Stand-Alone Software, without requiring an in-house scanner.

Light Inspector enables flexible manipulation of scan data. Users can adjust light direction, contrast, specular behavior, gloss intensity, and shadow characteristics in real time. PBR maps can be extracted, materials previewed in 3D, and files prepared for downstream workflows.

Instead of receiving static images, clients gain dynamic material intelligence that can be adapted across multiple teams and tools.

This approach provides:

• Flexibility across workflows
• Independence from hardware constraints
• Faster creation of variations
• Consistency between digital and physical development
• Cost-efficiency without compromising quality

For companies that require premium scan data without operating their own scanning infrastructure, the METIS Scan Service offers an efficient solution.

A Future-Proof Bridge Between Physical and Digital Creation

Across decor, packaging, industrial tooling, 3D visualization, and fine arts, high-quality digitization forms the foundation of modern production and design.

With the CGS ORIS Scan Service, you gain access to:

• Ultra-high-resolution surface digitization
• PBR-ready digital assets
• Laser-compatible geometry
• Museum-grade art capture
• Advanced software control

No hardware investment.
No training requirements.
Exceptional results ready for production, design, visualization, or preservation.