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 Lucy Carey-Shields

Lucy Carey-Shields is a forensic analyst with Amped Software, primarily providing technical support to Amped users. Her career started as a front-line officer with UK law enforcement in 2010 where she spent six years before graduating from her degree in computer forensics in 2014, when she shortly afterwards started work in a digital forensics unit alongside her front-line duties. She now has over ten years of law enforcement and digital forensics experience in both video, mobile and computer forensics cases.

Forensic Video Workflow with Amped FIVE – Part Three: Reporting and Presentation

Reading time: 6 minIn the finale, video evidence analysis becomes presentation. With Amped FIVE, we redact what must stay hidden, sync media on a single timeline, add crisp annotations, and generate a protected, transparent, professional, and court-ready report.

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Lucy Carey-Shields October 21, 2025
Forensic Video Workflow with Amped FIVE – Part Two: Analysis of Video Evidence

Reading time: 6 minNow, in the second episode, the analysis of video evidence: turn messy timestamps and inconsistent metadata into a timeline. Inside FIVE, we reconcile timings, inspect structure, and prepare clean clips that tell one story: the suspect’s movements, minute by minute.

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Lucy Carey-Shields October 14, 2025
Forensic Video Workflow with Amped FIVE – Part One: First Steps, Verification and File Considerations

Reading time: 6 minA murder, a USB of mixed videos, and the timings are all wrong. Part One of the forensic video workflow opens the case in Amped FIVE. The first step is about creating the project, preserving the integrity of video evidence, and sizing up the file pitfalls so every next step rests on trusted evidence.

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Lucy Carey-Shields October 7, 2025
Amped FIVE Update 16112: Introducing the Audio Panel, Audio Redaction, H.264 Quality and More

Reading time: 7 minIt’s time to introduce another update to Amped FIVE, our one-stop toolkit for all your video and image enhancement needs, and we’ve been working tirelessly behind the scenes to perfect our latest feature! Let’s dive right in… The Audio Panel Our user interface has a new look! Introducing the Audio Panel, allowing for the visualization […]

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Lucy Carey-Shields March 9, 2020
Amped Replay Update 15666: Further Intuitive Annotation and Enhancement Tools and More

Reading time: 4 minIt feels like it was only yesterday that we were releasing our first official update to Amped Replay, our enhanced video player for police investigators, and now we are thrilled to be showcasing our third update release! Let’s jump right in to what’s new in Replay.

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Lucy Carey-Shields February 6, 2020
DVRConv Update 15182: Concatenation and Ability to Split Converted Files

Reading time: 3 minThe holiday season is fast approaching and what better way to celebrate than with another Amped DVRConv update! We’ve added even more parameters to the Program Options menu – let’s take a look!

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Lucy Carey-Shields December 19, 2019
Amped FIVE Update 15018: Customizable Reporting, Further Audio Support and More

Reading time: 5 minWe’re super excited to be here with another update to Amped FIVE and we’ve been busy working on a host of new features. Let’s take a look at what’s new! Customizable Reporting We’re now able to reveal to you our new Report Template options within the reporting feature in FIVE, allowing the customization of generated […]

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Lucy Carey-Shields December 4, 2019
Investigating CSE Cases with Amped Authenticate

Reading time: 5 minWhen we talk about Amped Authenticate, you may automatically think of its use in detecting forged and manipulated images. But this powerful software also plays a crucial role in digital forensics in CSE investigations, such as those involving newly generated illegal content. You’re certainly right about that (particularly in the age of the ever-prevalent “fake […]

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Lucy Carey-Shields October 30, 2019
Amped Replay Update 14312: Redaction Tracking, Smooth Playback and More

Reading time: 5 minIt’s here! The first update to Amped Replay and we couldn’t be more excited to share with you the new features! Amped Replay is a universal player and converter for proprietary and standard video files, with basic enhancement, annotation and redaction functions, designed to be used by everyone from those on the immediate frontline of […]

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Lucy Carey-Shields September 16, 2019
DVRConv Update 13785: New Output Conversion and Frame Rate Options, Support for More New Formats and Format Variants

Reading time: 3 minWe’re here with another update for Amped DVRConv, the fastest way to batch convert proprietary video files!

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Lucy Carey-Shields July 10, 2019
Amped FIVE Update 13609: Introducing the Copy and Verify Tool and More Updated Features

Reading time: 7 minWe’re back with another massive update to Amped FIVE and this time we’re super excited to be introducing a brand new tool! Copy and Verify One of the core principles of working with digital data in a forensic capacity is ensuring that data remains unchanged during investigation and analysis. At Amped Software, one of our […]

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Lucy Carey-Shields June 19, 2019
DVRConv Update 12801: Support for More New Formats, Format Variants and Timestamps

Reading time: 2 minWe’re here with another update for Amped DVRConv, one of the fastest ways to cleanly convert multiple video files. Amped DVRConv remains one of the top go-to tools for practitioners who need to convert video quickly, cleanly and easily. It’s my first choice when I have a large amount of video files that I need […]

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Lucy Carey-Shields February 22, 2019