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 Marco Fontani

Marco Fontani is the Forensics Director at Amped Software, a software company developing image and video forensic solutions for law enforcement agencies worldwide. He earned his MSc in Computer Engineering in 2010 and his Ph.D. in Information Engineering in 2014. His research focused on image watermarking and multimedia forensics. He participated in several research projects funded by the EU and EOARD, and authored/co-authored over 30 journal and conference proceedings papers. He has experience in delivering training to law enforcement and provided expert witness testimony on several forensic cases involving digital images and videos. He is a former member of the IEEE Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee, and he actively contributed to the development of ENFSI’s Best Practice Manual for Image Authentication.

Authenticate Update 39075: Deepfake Detection has a New Dress and is Now Available in the Smart Report, Improved GUI and Report, and More!

Reading time: 7 minThis fall’s Authenticate update brings great improvements to our deepfake detection features, with the ability to run deepfake detection on batches of images and from within the Smart Report!

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Marco Fontani November 12, 2025
New Research on HEVC Video Double Encoding Detection Published in Journal of Imaging

Reading time: 3 minRecompression can leave invisible traces that alter the integrity of digital evidence. Discover how our latest research is helping forensic analysts expose hidden tampering in HEVC video files.

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Marco Fontani August 6, 2025
Authenticate Update 38211: Introducing the Perspective Filter, Improvements to the Video Mode, and More!

Reading time: 9 minThe latest Amped Authenticate update introduces the new Perspective filter, enabling experts to analyze perspective in images and spot inconsistencies in vanishing points to detect deepfakes and manipulation.The update also delivers improvements to Video Mode, report generation, and more.

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Marco Fontani July 31, 2025
New Research on Shadows and Reflections Presented at WIFS 2024

Reading time: 2 minThis blog post highlights groundbreaking research on deepfakes presented at WIFS 2024. Discover how analyzing shadows and reflections in AI-generated images can expose manipulation.

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Marco Fontani June 25, 2025
Amped Authenticate Update 37236: Coding Tree Units Filter, RIFF Viewer, Extended Deepfake Detection, and More!

Reading time: 8 minAmped Authenticate has just received a major upgrade. From advanced video analysis capabilities like the new Coding Tree Units filter and RIFF Viewer, to enhanced deepfake detection with our improved Diffusion Model Deepfake filter (now featuring the Flux model), this release is filled with improvements. You’ll also find expanded redaction options in Annotate’s Hide tool […]

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Marco Fontani April 30, 2025
Amped Authenticate Update 35625: New Reflections Filter, Improved Deepfake Detection, Blacken Redaction, and More!

Reading time: 7 minThis latest Authenticate update introduces the new Reflections filter. Now, you confidently identify inconsistencies and prove when something isn’t quite right. We’ve also improved the Diffusion Model Deepfake filter, empowered Annotations, and more!

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Marco Fontani December 11, 2024
10 Ways to Detect Deepfakes Created by Text-to-image Services and GANs

Reading time: 8 minWith deepfake images getting increasingly realistic, staying ahead of detection techniques is more important than ever. In this article, we explore various clues—both intuitive and technical—that can assist in detecting deepfakes.

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Marco Fontani September 18, 2024
Amped Software Co-authors a Journal Paper About the Image Restoration Workflow for Forensic Applications

Reading time: 3 minWhen performing image and video restoration through filtering, the order of the filter chain does make a difference. Read the scientific paper we recently co-authored with the University of Florence!

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Marco Fontani August 28, 2024
Amped Software Co-authors a Journal Paper About Detecting Double Compression in HEIF Images

Reading time: 2 minAmped Software co-authored a scientific paper, this time about detecting double encoding in HEIF images. Read the paper, it’s open access!

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Marco Fontani August 21, 2024
Amped Authenticate Update 34382: Range-based Processing for Video Mode, Updated Social Media Identification Filter, and More!

Reading time: 6 minIn this update, we’re introducing range-based processing in Authenticate Video Mode and frame overlays in VPF Analysis. We’ve also enhanced our Social Media Identification filter by adding LinkedIn support. Plus, we’ve made numerous other improvements and bug fixes to streamline your workflow and boost efficiency.

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Marco Fontani July 24, 2024
Detecting AI-generated Images Obtained with Text-to-image Models in Amped Authenticate

Reading time: 8 minOur latest article explains the difference between various kinds of deepfakes and how to detect AI images generated by commercial text-to-image models (Dall-E, Midjourney) with Amped Authenticate’s newest Diffusion Model Deepfake filter.

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Marco Fontani May 22, 2024
Amped Authenticate Update 33562: New Diffusion Model Deepfake Filter, New Features for the Video Mode, and Much More!

Reading time: 8 minAdvanced diffusion model deepfake detection capabilities are coming into Amped Authenticate with this latest update, plus new tools and features for the Video mode!

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Marco Fontani May 16, 2024