Author Archives: Martino Jerian

Reading time: 6 minAmped Software was founded on April 10th, 2008. Today we celebrate its 15th anniversary: what a ride so far! I take this opportunity to share with you a bit of what working at Amped means.

Reading time: 4 minIt has been a very busy and successful year, bringing you the most complete solutions for the analysis and enhancement of images and videos for forensic, security, and investigative applications. We are today trusted in over 100 countries worldwide to provide scientifically validated tools admissible in court, to reach one of our primary goals: justice […]

Reading time: 6 minDuring investigations and trials, video is one of the most common and most effective forms of evidence, but unfortunately, it is often taken for granted. There are many challenges to consider in relation to video evidence, and we believe it is of crucial importance to understand how users around the world are handling these and […]

Reading time: 14 minIn a nutshell: a digital image is created by a sequence of physical and digital processes. Ultimately, they produce a representation of light information in a specific moment in a specific place, as a sequence of 0s and 1s. The technical limitations of the imaging system will introduce some defects that will make the image […]

Reading time: 4 minLast week was pretty amazing. I’ve been traveling for business for the first time after more than two years since Coronavirus. While my colleagues had attended several events, I’ve not been around very much. I relied more (maybe too much) on what modern technology had offered to us. However, there are some things that it is […]

Reading time: 10 minIn the past years, policymakers dedicated a lot of attention to cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and privacy, especially in relation to video surveillance and public safety. While these are very important topics, I think we need to also dedicate some attention to the more fundamental issues that often go unnoticed and relate to the proper understanding […]

Reading time: 5 minAlan is the owner of ALCAR Multimedia. While he transitioned relatively late to the world of forensic video analysis, he attended a lot of different training classes and became soon very passionate about the topic. Read on to see what first sparked his interest in the field and what are the most important aspects of […]

Reading time: 6 minIn April 2021, we had our second Amped User Days. This event was reserved for our users which put together 298 people from 34 different countries. While we are in constant communication with our users, we wanted to get a bird’s eye view of the industry and behaviors with video evidence. We took the opportunity […]

Reading time: 7 minThis week we bring you an insightful interview with Paul Hopcroft from the UK, an enthusiastic expert user who is also very active in contributing to the various FVA communities. His point of view on the challenges and evolution of technology in relation to digital multimedia evidence is very interesting. Read on! Martino Jerian, Amped […]

Reading time: 2 minVery often when potential customers are researching products, a pretty common question they ask us is “who’s using your software?”. We take privacy and security very seriously, and we don’t publish customers’ names or logos without their permission. This permission, for public safety and national security organizations, is actually quite hard to get by official […]

Reading time: 2 minToday we are not announcing a great software update, a webinar, or an event, as usual, but something quite new for us. We are very excited to share the launch of a new online community dedicated to our users on Discord!

Reading time: 9 minIn recent days, there has been significant media attention on the Kenosha Shooting trial (“STATE OF WISCONSIN – VS – Kyle H. Rittenhouse”) where Amped FIVE has been used for evidence analysis. As a result, a previous article on this blog about the use of Artificial Intelligence in image and video forensics has been misunderstood and instrumentalized. The applicability […]