Forensic Workflow

Reading time: 4 minOne of the things that fascinate me the most in forensic video analysis is the relation between the subjective digital data and the objective human interpretation involved in any investigation. Psychological biases and the fallacies of human perceptions easily verifiable with any of the popular optical illusions are just some of the factors which must […]

Reading time: 3 minIn the last few days, there’s been a lot of noise about the latest impressive research by Google. This is a selection of articles with bombastic titles: The actual research article by Google is available here. First of all, let me say that technically, the results are amazing. But this system is not simply an image enhancement […]

Reading time: 3 minI assume most of the readers of this blog are video / photo / gadget / phone / camera geeks. I am sure you didn’t miss the reviews of the latest Apple iPhone 7 Plus and Google Pixel phones. They have a lot in common, but there is one major aspect that is interesting for […]

Reading time: 2 minWe receive quite a few phone calls and e-mails from well-meaning customers wanting us to “crack” secure in-car or body worn camera video files. They get frustrated because our conversion tools in Amped FIVE or Amped DVRConv don’t “crack” files for them. The easiest explanation is that our tools aren’t designed to defeat security.

Reading time: 3 minOur customers often ask us for specific functions and filters to be included in our software. Paying attention to user requests and managing our development priorities according to them is probably one of the things Amped Software is best known for. However, not all requests, even if technically feasible, are a match for the purpose of […]

Reading time: 4 minWe decided to post this in light of a recent case which showed the complexities of image authentication and in general how to work properly according to requirements of US courts. Without getting too political, folks in the US are used to getting citable case law from the coasts while the heartland and the South […]

Reading time: 6 minThings are getting awful. Last Friday’s events brought us many deaths and injured people in Paris. Our prayers are with the families of the victims and the population of France. The situation in Paris is sorrowful. Our colleague Matthew is traveling today to Paris for Milipol. Despite the situation, the organizers confirmed that the event […]

Reading time: 4 minIn our previous posts, we have mainly focused on technical issues. However, to fully explore the impact of body worn cameras on society, we need to address the social and ethical issues as well. Trying to predict how the use of body worn cameras technology will impact society and ethics, in general, is very difficult. Nevertheless, […]

Reading time: 5 minIf we take volume 2 into account and apply correct scientific post-processing to our BWC footage, we now have usable video evidence. But, there are further issues related to body worn camera data storage, including cost, logistics, and policy compliance:

Reading time: 4 minThis blog post represents the Volume 2 in our series on Body Worn Cameras. There’s a lot of talk around the effectiveness of body worn cameras, especially in court. But there’s much less discussion about the video footage quality body worn cameras actually produce, and how that impacts investigations and legal proceedings. Let’s go through […]

Reading time: 8 minI am finally starting to see some articles which explain nicely what we have been trying to explain for a long time, regarding the video enhancement techniques that you see in CSI-type shows. I just discovered a very nice article on How to Geek: Stop Believing TV’s Lies: The Real Truth About “Enhancing” Images. I […]

Reading time: 9 minSo you are probably reading this blog post because you have been watching too much CSI (Enhance! Uncrop! Flop!) or because you have tried Amped FIVE on your crappy DVR video and weren’t able to obtain the miracles that you can see on our samples page. The point is that we don’t do miracles, we […]