Your artwork
deserves to be
preserved perfectly.
HC Editions uses the Cruse Synchron — Europe's most precise flatbed scanner for fine art — to create museum-grade digital masters of your paintings, works on paper, and mixed-media originals.
A great artwork is only as lasting as its documentation. One professional scan — made once, made right — becomes the foundation for every future use: gallery prints, art books, limited editions, digital archives, insurance records, and licensing. Invest in the scan. It pays for itself.
A camera captures light.
The Cruse captures truth.
Camera-and-strobe reproduction is still the industry default for artwork documentation. It's faster to set up — and faster to introduce errors that no retouching can fix. Here is what you are actually paying for when you choose a Cruse scan.
Strobe light reflects off varnished, glazed, or oiled surfaces — creating white-out areas that permanently erase detail. No retouching recovers what's gone.
Cold LED illumination at a precisely controlled angle produces zero specular reflection — even on heavily varnished oil paintings or gilded surfaces.
The inverse-square law means corners receive less light than the centre. Gradient falloff is invisible to the eye but visible in any large-format print or crop.
The scanning bar delivers mathematically uniform light from edge to edge — measured, not estimated. Exposure is identical at every millimetre of the artwork.
Strobe colour temperature shifts with power level and age. Without a spectrophotometer target on every single shoot, colour is approximated — not measured.
ICC profiling with a certified colour target is performed on every scan. ΔE < 1.0 is not a target — it's a specification. Colour is a fact, not an opinion.
Even slight camera-to-artwork misalignment causes keystoning. Lens optics bend edges. Large works require stitching — each join introduces tonal and geometric error.
The scan bar travels in perfect parallel to the artwork surface. No lens, no angle, no perspective. What goes in is exactly what comes out — geometrically true.
Impasto and mixed-media works have real physical depth. A camera's depth of field can't keep all planes sharp simultaneously — one plane is in focus, the rest are not.
The scanning bar operates at a fixed, calibrated height. Every ridge, every recess, every surface variation is captured in perfect focus in a single pass.
Works larger than A1 require multiple shots and software stitching. Every join introduces tonal shifts, colour drift, and geometric seams — however carefully executed.
The CS295 scans up to 150 × 250 cm in a single, uninterrupted pass. One file. No joins. No seams. No compromises — regardless of how large the work is.
The Cruse Synchron:
built for art, not documents.
Unlike conventional scanners, the Cruse Synchron was engineered specifically for cultural and fine art reproduction. It captures colour, texture, and luminosity with an accuracy that no camera setup or consumer scanner can approach.
Non-Contact Scanning
The scanning head never touches your artwork. Paintings, pastels, relief works, and fragile papers are scanned safely — zero risk of damage, pressure marks, or contamination.
True Colour Accuracy
RGB channels with ICC-calibrated colour management reproduce every hue, glaze, and pigment nuance. What you see on print is what exists in the original — no colour drift, no guessing.
Surface & Texture Capture
Brushwork, impasto, canvas weave, watercolour granulation — the Cruse captures physical texture information, not just colour, delivering a scan that reads as a work of art, not a photograph of one.
Large Format — Up to A0 and Beyond
From an intimate miniature to a large-scale canvas, the Cruse Synchron handles formats well beyond A0 without stitching or seams — a single, seamless master file.
What a Cruse scan reveals.
Every brushstroke, every glaze, every grain of pigment — captured with a fidelity that photography and consumer scanning simply cannot achieve.
Examples shown are public-domain masterworks. Your scan will be of your original artwork at HC Editions Studio.
Light that reveals what colour alone cannot.
The Cruse Synchron's patented illumination system lets us control how light hits your artwork — bringing out surface texture, impasto, and three-dimensional detail invisible to conventional scanning.
Four lighting modes — Left+Right even, single-side texture, variable texture, and angled deflector — give us full control over how your work's physical surface is expressed in the final file.
Cruse Professional ICC Profiling Target — 800+ measured colour fields
Official Cruse scan samples — wood · wallpaper · stone · textile. The same technology captures your paintings.
One scan. A lifetime of uses.
A Cruse master file isn't an image — it's a digital original. It gives you complete freedom over every future application, at any scale, for any medium.
Printed Reproductions
Print limited editions, open editions, and art books at full museum quality. Giclée printing at 100cm, 150cm, and beyond — straight from a single scan, no upscaling artefacts.
Digital & Web Use
A professional master file exports to any digital format — website galleries, social media, digital catalogues, online marketplaces — always from the same authoritative source.
Archival & Insurance
A certified high-resolution scan is the definitive record of your artwork's condition and colour at the time of scanning — essential for insurance, estate documentation, and future scholarship.
Every artwork. Every need.
Whether you are an artist looking to publish your work, a gallery archiving a collection, or a collector protecting a significant piece — the Cruse Synchron delivers the standard you need.
Artists & Illustrators
Digitise your originals at gallery quality to sell prints, license your work, publish books, and submit to open calls — without ever parting with the original.
Galleries & Museums
Archive your entire collection with consistent, scientifically calibrated scans. Build a lasting digital catalogue for exhibition catalogues, loans, and digital access programmes.
Collectors & Estates
Protect the value and legacy of your collection with certified documentation. Essential for insurance, provenance records, and estate planning.
Publishers & Print Studios
Receive press-ready master files that meet the colour standards of the world's leading art printers. No back-and-forth colour correction. Ready for offset, giclée, or digital print.
Simple. Professional. Precise.
Four steps from original artwork to a master digital file you own forever.
Consultation
Tell us about your artwork — size, medium, intended use. We advise on the right resolution and file format for your needs.
Artwork Handling
Your work is received and handled with white-glove care. All works are tracked and insured throughout the process.
Cruse Scanning
Non-contact scanning using the Cruse Synchron with full ICC colour calibration. Each scan is quality-checked and colour-verified.
File Delivery
Receive your master files digitally or on archival media — TIFF, PSD, or JPEG at your required resolution. Print-ready and archive-ready.
A scan done right
once costs far less
than redoing it wrong.
Future-proof your work. A high-resolution master file made today can produce prints, publications, and digital content for the next 50 years — without ever re-scanning.
One file, infinite outputs. From a 6×4cm web thumbnail to a 120cm fine art print — the same master file delivers both, without compromise.
Protect market value. Limited edition prints sell on the integrity of their source. A certified Cruse scan adds credibility and value to every edition.
Never be caught without it. When a gallery, publisher, or buyer asks for a high-resolution file — you'll have it, at the standard they need, immediately.
What our clients say
The detail in the scan was extraordinary — every glaze, every brushstroke reproduced exactly. We printed an edition of 30 at 100cm and the collectors couldn't believe it wasn't the original.
We digitised our entire archive of 18th-century works on paper. The colour accuracy and non-contact handling gave us complete confidence. These files will outlast any of us.
As a publisher producing monographs, we need press-ready files with zero tolerance for error. HC Editions delivers a standard that I simply haven't found anywhere else.
Your original deserves
an original standard.
Contact HC Editions to discuss your artwork, get a quote, and experience the difference that a Cruse Synchron scan makes — from the first viewing to the hundredth print.
Questions & Answers
Fine art scanning — FAQ
Where can I scan a painting or artwork in Israel?
At HC Editions in Tel Aviv. We operate a Cruse Synchron CS295 — contact-free, museum-grade flatbed scanning — serving artists, museums, galleries and collectors across Israel since 2009.
What is the largest artwork you can scan?
The scanning bed is 150×250 cm — and depending on format, larger: we have scanned a 2×8 meter rolled canvas.
Can small artworks be scanned at extremely high resolution?
Yes — a surprising advantage of a large scanner: the smaller the original relative to the bed, the higher the optical resolution captured. The CS295 is the largest model Cruse makes, and the only scanner of this scale in Israel offering this.
Can a painting be scanned framed, or behind glass?
Yes. In most cases the work can be scanned with its frame, and even through glass — nothing needs to be dismantled.
Is scanning safe for fragile or valuable originals?
Yes. Scanning is contact-free, under cold, UV-free LED light, with the work resting flat on the bed — the same method used by leading museums worldwide.
How much does fine art scanning cost?
Pricing depends on size, resolution and quantity. Consultation is free — tell us about the work and we'll come back with a clear quote.
What output files will I get?
A large, full-quality TIFF file — and a smaller JPG for everyday use if needed.
How long does scanning take?
Standard turnaround is 7–10 business days. Rush jobs are possible with advance planning.
Is there a thickness limit?
Up to 35 cm — including framed works, objects and deep textures.