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Reading time: 4 minDear friends, welcome! The time has come to say farewell to this blog post series! This last post will look back at what we have
Reading time: 5 minDear friends, welcome to this week’s video evidence pitfall post! We often hear about the importance of metadata as a way to reveal more than
Reading time: 4 minDear friends, welcome back! Let me just say it was so nice to meet many of you at the Amped User Days last week, even
Reading time: 4 min“Thou shall peer-review your analysis” is one of the well-known (and often ignored) rules of forensic reporting. Sometimes, this important principle gets poorly translated into:
Reading time: 11 minThe final post in our File Formats and Conversion blog series reviews the last part of the coding/decoding process. You will learn how decisions made
Reading time: 15 minThis latest post on video conversion explores the critical issue of lossless data extraction from proprietary formats.
Reading time: 30 minCodecs and formats form the bulk of our source material, from both proprietary and standard files.Our Video Formats and Conversion blog series continues with a
Reading time: 12 minThe Video Formats and Conversion blog series continues with an in-depth look into the history, challenges, and solutions of proprietary data. Often originating from video
Reading time: 5 minToday we’d like to start with a huge THANKS to all you, loyal followers of the Amped Replay: How Do I Do This? tutorial series!
Reading time: 4 minWelcome dear friends, here we are with one more post of the How Do I Do This? series. Today we’ll show the “how to generate
Reading time: 3 minDear friends, welcome to this week’s appointment with the How Do I Do This? series! Today we’ll be showing how you can export a processed
Reading time: 4 minWelcome, dear Amped aficionados! Today we’ll see how you can save the currently displayed image in Amped Replay. The operation itself is of course very
Reading time: 6 minWith this update, we bring you several exciting improvements, including range-based motion detection to minimize time wastages and the ability to animate zoom parameters with
Reading time: 5 minWe are thrilled to announce the newest release of Amped Replay! We have now added motion detection to aid and speed up your video investigations.
Reading time: 5 minAmped Software welcomes you back in 2024 with a refreshing Amped Replay release, featuring a revamped GUI, support for audio-only files, enhanced Annotate tool, and
Reading time: 5 minWe are pleased to announce that the latest release of Amped Replay is here! Further to many user requests and successful implementation with Amped FIVE,
Reading time: 2 minThis update introduces comprehensive support for the Synectics Synergy (SYNAV) format, and some other new formats and variants.
Reading time: 2 minThe newest version addresses a video library update, support for new formats and variants as well as improved overall stability. Don’t wait, update today!
Reading time: 2 minToday we release the new versions of Amped Engine and Amped DVRConv, your favorite forensic batch video converters!
Reading time: 4 minThe latest update to Amped DVRConv and Amped Engine brings exciting news for the future of proprietary video extraction and conversion. Welcome to the latest
Reading time: 13 minThe latest update to Amped FIVE enhances investigative workflows with improved bookmark management, introduces Variable Frame Rate Writing, upgrades the CCTV data timestamp feature, and
Reading time: 11 minThis update to Amped FIVE brings a new and improved Batch Convert DVR utility, along with developments to Advanced File Info, the linking filters, and
Reading time: 17 minAnother huge update to Amped FIVE brings the decoding of many more CCTV Formats, Nested Folder Support, Advanced Frame Analysis and Timing Macros.
Reading time: 9 minHey there everyone, thanks for checking out what’s new in this latest revision of Amped FIVE. There is a theme with this release. As you
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
Reading time: 8 minAdvanced deepfake detection capabilities are coming into Amped Authenticate with this latest update, plus new tools and features for the Video mode!
Reading time: 10 minDear loyal friends, welcome to a new (and massive!) Amped Authenticate update announcement! We’re thrilled to share with you a major breakthrough: we’re releasing the
Reading time: 4 minDear Amped friends, the time for a new Amped Authenticate update has already come! Following the much-appreciated suggestions from our users, we’ve brought two new
Reading time: 2 minThis update introduces comprehensive support for the Synectics Synergy (SYNAV) format, and some other new formats and variants.
Reading time: 2 minThe newest version addresses a video library update, support for new formats and variants as well as improved overall stability. Don’t wait, update today!
Reading time: 2 minToday we release the new versions of Amped Engine and Amped DVRConv, your favorite forensic batch video converters!
Reading time: 4 minThe latest update to Amped DVRConv and Amped Engine brings exciting news for the future of proprietary video extraction and conversion. Welcome to the latest
Reading time: 8 minRun a motion detection analysis, select a region of interest or set a motion threshold. Find out how easy it is to find suspect movement
Reading time: 7 minDear colleagues, we are very thrilled to introduce you to the new exciting audio display and redaction features now available in Amped Replay! Additions that
Reading time: 4 minDear friends, it is with a bittersweet feeling that I’m announcing this will be the last Tip Tuesday. The bitter part is just because I’m
Reading time: 4 minDear tip crunchers, welcome to this week’s tip! Today we’ll finish the mini-series on exporting formats. Last week, we discussed the case of choosing the
Reading time: 4 minDear friends, it is with a bittersweet feeling that I’m announcing this will be the last Tip Tuesday. The bitter part is just because I’m
Reading time: 4 minWelcome, Tip Tuesday lovers! Those of you who are creatures of habit will be shocked: for the first time, we’re dedicating a tip to Amped
Reading time: 2 minIn our most recent update of Amped DVRConv, we added the ability to separate the audio and video streams in your DME files – to
Reading time: 5 minSimplicity, speed, and forensic integrity all come together in Amped’s latest software, providing law enforcement and digital forensic labs with a quick and easy stand-alone
Reading time: 10 minWith the latest release of Amped FIVE, we brought you an improved Macroblocks filter. The article will focus on the principles of video compression, understanding
Reading time: 7 minIn this “How To”, we will walk through the process of dataset generation and comparison using the new Validation Tool in Amped FIVE. Designed to
Reading time: 9 minBeing able to measure an object or a person (or an animal ?!) in a two dimensional image is in high demand these days within
Reading time: 11 minIn the past few years, we have hosted many webinars about our products. During the sessions, we received lots of interesting questions on Amped FIVE
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
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
Reading time: 2 minThe rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is nowadays transforming various aspects of human life. Recent breakthroughs in large language models have empowered them to
Reading time: 2 minThis article will focus on how to check video integrity by detecting double encoding with VPF analysis. It will start by defining video integrity and
Reading time: 10 minHello dear friends and welcome to the very last article in our “Learn and Solve It with Amped FIVE” series. We hope you enjoyed the
Reading time: 9 minHello folks and good to see you back for yet another article in our “Learn and solve it with Amped FIVE” series. As the countdown
Reading time: 7 minWe are now in December and getting close to Christmas and New Year festivities! We are also getting close to the end of our “Learn
Reading time: 7 minHappy Tuesday everyone and welcome to our fourteenth installment of the “Learn and solve it with Amped FIVE” series. This week we will discuss how
Reading time: 2 min“SEEING IS BELIEVING.” Or, rather, that’s what we used to say. Since the beginning of time, seeing a fact or a piece of news depicted
Reading time: 4 minDear friends welcome to this week’s tip! Today we’ll talk about something that is more of a philosophy than a feature. As such, you’ll find
Reading time: 4 minDear Amped friends, today we’re sharing with you something big. If you’ve been following us, then you know that Amped invests lots of resources into
Reading time: 5 minDear Amped friends, welcome to this week’s tip! Another release of Amped FIVE has just been published. We want to take this opportunity to make
Reading time: 10 minWe have made it! After several months of posts, we have come to the series summary on CCTV Acquisition. Thank you for joining us on
Reading time: 7 minWelcome back to the blog series on CCTV Acquisition where, in this article, we cover viewing CCTV after acquisition. At initial thought, you may believe
Reading time: 13 minThe CCTV Acquisition blog series continues here with the creation of master and working copies after CCTV acquisition. Incorrect handling and exhibit referencing can cause huge
Reading time: 10 minThe CCTV Acquisition series continues here with another installment. This post features an acquisition from a cloud-based service provider. In previous posts, we have always
Reading time: 35 minIn this post, Martino Jerian, CEO and Founder of Amped Software, breaks down the complex AI Act and explores how it affects the work of
Reading time: 7 minLet’s discover our users’ opinions on AI, accreditations and certifications, deepfakes, digital media authentication, and DEMS. Some of the results are pretty unexpected!
Reading time: 6 minIn this article, we’ll see how Avon and Somerset Police, part of the South West Police Forensics collaboration in the UK, solved the compliance challenges
Reading time: 4 minImages and videos are among the most commonly available and powerful evidence. However, the complexity and challenges that surround them are often not well understood
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
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
Reading time: 6 minMike is always on the spot in the forensic industry: he’s often present at conferences and round-tables and his enthusiastic attitude during presentations cannot go unnoticed!
Reading time: 3 minJeff is a forensic video expert working for a private company in Canada. He’s a totally enthusiastic user and when I invited him for an
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
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!
Reading time: 10 minDeepPlate is our new AI-based license plate reading service for investigative use. It currently supports 8 countries and is freely accessible for users with a
Reading time: 3 minWe’re releasing the Amped FIVE Spanish video tutorials to support our Spanish-speaking followers and users to improve your investigative skills with Amped FIVE. Read on
Reading time: 5 minForensic Focus recently interviewed Blake Sawyer, our latest addition to the Amped team to support the North American market. We are reposting the interview Forensic
Reading time: 2 minSome of the new simplicities afforded to us can, unfortunately, cloud ones’ judgement when dealing with images and video for legal use. Technology has, in
Reading time: 3 minI recently testified in court as a forensic image and video expert and, as is sometimes the case, the use of some filters to enhance
Reading time: 2 min“Caught on CCTV”. How many times do we read or hear those words? With cities worldwide sitting under the gaze of millions of public and
Reading time: < 1 minSince Amped lives on technology, it’s evident that research is essential to our company. “Research is important” is too often just a mantra or something
Reading time: 2 minEducation is important for raising the value of video and image forensics. The more practitioners understand the correct way to process and clarify the evidence
Reading time: 5 minThe partnership between Amped Software and Griffeye keeps growing and so does the integration between Griffeye Analyze DI Pro and Amped Authenticate. Analyze DI Pro is a media
Reading time: 4 minYou may remember the announcement of our partnership with Griffeye, some months ago. This partnership is especially interesting since we both work on images and videos, but
Reading time: 5 minThe 2024 training schedule is now out! Amped Software provides a variety of training classes tailored to different skill levels. Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate,
Reading time: 4 minThe schedule for our training classes 2023 is now available! Amped Software provides training classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced users who want to strengthen
Reading time: 3 minHello everybody, have you heard the news? Amped Software has recently launched the Amped FIVE Training Modules. But what are these exactly? Read on to
Reading time: 3 minOfficial training courses for 2022 are now available! Amped Software offers training courses for beginner, intermediate, and expert level users who are willing to improve
Reading time: 5 minWe’re excited to announce a series of insightful webinars on today’s challenges investigators and forensic experts encounter in their day-to-day work!
Reading time: 8 minJoin us at the upcoming digital forensics events to discover our solutions, request a demo and meet the Amped Software team. Find out the events
Reading time: 2 minIn an era where digital video evidence plays an increasingly crucial role in law enforcement and emergency response the importance of video evidence, integrity, and
Reading time: 7 minDigital forensics is an evolving field that requires continuous learning and adjustment to keep up with the latest trends and techniques. In this blog post,
Reading time: 5 minHi everyone, it’s my first blog post here, so let me introduce myself. My name is Gabriele Guarnieri and I am an electronics engineer specialized
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