Mobile digitization studio for precise imaging: DOM

The DOM is a compact, enclosed, and portable studio developed by recom art care for the photographic capture and digitization of paintings, drawings, documents, and products. With 75 individually controllable LEDs and proprietary lighting control software, it produces highly detailed reproductions and color-accurate digital images—regardless of ambient lighting. The DOM can be operated by a single person and, if needed, installed directly at your location.

75 individually controllable and dimmable LEDs make it possible to implement complex lighting concepts tailored to each specific object. Structures and surfaces—from brushstrokes to paper textures—are thus not only made visible, but made visibly reproducible.

The custom-developed lighting control software allows users to save individual setups. This means: consistent results across entire production runs, minimized setup times, and maximum efficiency for large-scale digitization projects.

The DOM is optionally available with a backlight featuring a cove — for professional cutouts and an endless background effect that eliminates the need for time-consuming post-processing.

The DOM’s enclosed design completely shields the recording area from ambient light. The system can be set up almost anywhere—in a studio, museum storage area, archive, or art studio—and operated by just one person.

Space requirements and logistics are minimal. At the same time, the DOM can accommodate items up to 70 × 100 cm in size—a format that is ideally suited for drawings, prints, small-format paintings, and extensive collections of comparable sizes.

Like our CRUSE scanner, the DOM is capable of performing the recom reference scan with guaranteed color accuracy. Calibrated light sources, consistent color management, and ICC profiles ensure that the digitized image faithfully reproduces the original’s colors—serving as a valid basis for reproductions, catalogs raisonné, facsimiles, or long-term archiving.

What sets the DOM apart from the CRUSE scanner is not its quality, but its range of applications: For formats up to 70 × 100 cm, it offers the same standard of quality—but is more compact, sets up faster, and can be used anywhere.

For larger formats measuring more than 70 × 100 cm, the CRUSE scanner in Berlin-Moabit is available.

For projects involving 100 or more objects to be digitized, we set up the DOM directly at your location—whether at a museum, storage facility, gallery, or private collection. Fragile works do not have to leave the premises. This eliminates transportation risks, insurance costs, and the impact of temperature fluctuations.

For large collections of smaller-format items, the DOM is therefore the most time-efficient method and the gentlest on the objects. If desired, we can handle the entire process on-site—from preparation to quality control.

Here you’ll find blog posts about reference projects that were implemented using DOM: