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Reading time: < 1 minHow many cases have you worked on lately that involved video footage or a photo as evidence? Are you really sure everything possible has been done regarding the proper use of those images for investigations and if they have been exploited to their full potential? Are you really sure that images and videos have been […]

Reading time: < 1 minAs a predominantly visual species, we tend to believe what we see. Throughout human evolution, our primary sense of sight has allowed us to analyse primeval threats. We are genetically hardwired to process and trust what our eyes tell us. This innate hardwiring means that the arrival of digital images has posed a problem for the fraud investigation community. There […]

Reading time: < 1 minSome time ago, two images featured prominently in the initial reporting of Hurricane Harvey. The first was of a shark swimming along the Houston freeway. The second showed several airplanes virtually underwater at what was claimed to be Houston airport. These iconic images were circulated widely on Twitter and were featured on mainstream national media […]

Reading time: < 1 minIf you present an object, an image, or a story to a courtroom, you must be able to trust that it is accurate. How then, do you trust an image – a digital photograph, a snapshot in time of an object, a person or a scene? Do you trust what the photographer says? Or do […]

Reading time: 5 minFake photographs have been around for almost as long as the camera, but in a digital age of photography, the ability to alter images has never been easier. EU Forensic Video Expert David Spreadborough examines the current challenges surrounding authenticating images. Thanks to the latest administration in the USA, the term “fake news” has become […]

Reading time: < 1 minAlan Osborn, from Fraud Intelligence, writes about the strong interest shown at the Forensics Europe Expo, by the Trieste, Italy-based company Amped Software, whose technology enables the analysis, enhancement, and authentication of images and video. Amped told FI how it’s very easy to alter an image and change the context and the meaning of that image, […]

Reading time: < 1 min“For one thing, as Dave Spreadbourough pointed out to Professional Security (magazine), often the real end user of the CCTV – someone investigating a crime or other incident – is using footage from cameras that were fitted for a different purpose.” Read the full article below or click here.  

Reading time: < 1 min“Often seen but rarely understood, the role of a forensic video analyst is a little more than just special effects”. David Spreadborough, Amped’s International Trainer and Forensic Video Analyst, explains what forensic video analysis actually entails. Read the full article published in Safety & Security International magazine

Reading time: < 1 minScar de Courcier of Forensic Focus met up with David Spreadborough at Forensics Europe Expo early this month to discuss the importance of image authentication and how Amped Authenticate can help investigators and legal practitioners identify manipulation in images. Read the full interview.

Reading time: < 1 minFollowing our previous posts (here and here) on the topic of unrealistic and unscientific enhancement, we’ve been asked by the folks at Forensic Focus to write a more in-depth article on the topic. You can read the full article published on Forensic Focus here.

Reading time: < 1 minIn the first edition of the new The Forensic Investigator publication, Amped Software looks at the growing world of digital multimedia evidence and the challenges investigators face in gathering evidence.

Reading time: < 1 minOne of our articles has just been posted on Forensic Focus. This is just the introduction. In this article we’ll describe the complete workflow for image and video forensics. In fact, just like computer forensics is not only simply copying and looking at files, forensic video analysis is broad and complex and there are many […]