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DIGITAL PROPS
Photoreal furniture, food & crockery captured for seamless CGI set extension.
Object Scanning
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OBJECT
SCANNING
SCANNING
HIGH-FIDELITY DIGITAL TWINS FOR VFX & HERITAGE
Whether capturing fast-food for Just Eat or creating digital doubles for Sinners, our object digitisation pipeline is built for speed and precision. We utilise market-leading sensors like the Sony A7RIV and portable Artec systems to capture everything from handheld props to large-scale vehicles. Our workflow creates millimetre-accurate assets with cross-polarised textures, ready for seamless integration into Unreal Engine and high-end VFX pipelines.
Scalable Object Capture
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High-Res Sensors
We utilise the Sony A7RIV with a 61MP sensor and advanced autofocus for unmatched textural clarity.
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Handheld Mobility
The Artec Leo system allows for wireless, cable-free scanning of complex objects in difficult locations.
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Cross-Polarised Maps
Capturing glare-free albedo maps and separate lighting textures to ensure photorealistic rendering in any engine.
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Rapid Capture
Optimised for commercial time pressures, capable of capturing reference geometry in as little as 30 seconds.
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LiDAR Slate Scanning
Locking down camera positions and lighting setups with reference geometry for a streamlined post-production pipeline.
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Prop Booth
Dedicated setups for capturing intricate items like crockery, furniture, and hero props with absolute precision.
ASSET_INDEX // DIVERSITY
Automotive
Sensor-accurate vehicle scanning mirroring sophisticated car sensor technology for seamless CGI integration.
Heritage Props
Digitisation of intricate set dressing including period furniture, crockery, and gramophones.
Organic & Food
High-fidelity capture of foodstuffs and natural textures, preserving subsurface details.
Large Scale
Scanning of massive static elements, such as the "Hero Tree," to digitally enhance natural features.
RIG ONLINE
OBJECT DIGITISATION
High-fidelity capture for props, heritage, and food with sub-30s acquisition times.
SONY A7RIV 61MP High-Res Sensor
ARTEC LEO Wireless Handheld Scan
RAPID CAPTURE Geometry in < 30 Secs
TECH_02 // TEXTURE
CROSS POLARISED
Glare-free albedo maps and Look Dev lighting textures for photorealistic rendering.
ENGINE_03 // INTEGRATION
UE5 NATIVE
Optimised digital twins ready for Virtual Production pipelines and gaming engines.
WORKFLOW_04 // ON-SET
GUIDANCE
Our highly skilled team of 3D artists are on-hand to assist you in finding the optimim workflow.
Capture setups
Delivery
The right booth for the object
Small and medium props are captured in our cross-polarised booths with programmable LEDs. Larger props are captured where they stand. Every object is shot with orthographic reference photos, a colour chart, and chrome and grey balls.
| How it is captured | Look-dev and materials | |
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| Small props | Material scanner booth with polarised LEDs, a full 360° rotation at several camera heights | At every 45° turn, a 12-frame cross-polarised one-light-at-a-time sequence plus all-on cross-polarised and specular frames. PBR maps: albedo, normal, roughness, height and opacity |
| Medium props | Medium booth, cross- and parallel-polarised, a full 360° rotation at several camera heights | A 6-frame sequence at every 45° turn: fully lit, lit left and lit right, each cross-polarised and specular |
| Large props | Captured in situ: polarised photogrammetry with a ring flash, plus a pass in available light | Artec Leo handheld scanning for extra detail, and LiDAR when the subject is very large |
Delivery phases
Every object is delivered to our asset documentation, with reference renders and a 1 m scale cube.
Phase I and II
Raw and textured scan- High scan (12 million polygons) and low scan (1 million polygons) as OBJ
- Phase II adds a colour map, plus a normal map on the low scan
- Full set of raw photogrammetry images, chrome, grey and colour chart captures, and look-dev images
- ST maps and undistorted images with a Maya camera file
Phase III
Organic objects- Optimised OBJ with geometry and texture clean-up
- Colour and normal maps
- Unreal Engine project package with the optimised asset
Phase IV
Hard-surface objects- Retopologised OBJ with geometry and texture clean-up
- Colour, normal, metallic and roughness maps
- Unreal Engine project package with the optimised asset
Selected projects
Object scanning on real productions
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Project Hail Mary
Asset scans, alongside environments and cast, delivered to Framestore and ILM.
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The Dog Stars
Props scanned across Italy, plus the hero plane, for Ridley Scott's film.
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Bob Marley: One Love
Props scanned for Paramount, alongside 22 environments in London and Kingston, Jamaica.
Read the case study WHY PRODUCTIONS CHOOSE VISUALSKIES
The pro team for 3D scanning
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Experienced crew on every job
Your shoot is crewed by experienced operators who build and run our own rigs, and who have worked on sets from Pinewood to the mountains of Italy.
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We rise to the challenge
Nine weeks across Italy with a 112-camera cyber rig for The Dog Stars. 54 scans in two days on Another Simple Favour. Tell us the problem.
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Built around your shoot
No fixed menu. We adapt kit, crew and schedule to the production, from a single prop to a whole town.
START A CONVERSATION
Tell us about your project. We’ll help shape the capture.