Video Enhancement

Forensic Video Analysis and Video Enhancement services help upgrade video quality and carry lucidity to sound/video components. Video enhancement may incorporate sharpening, brightening, slowing down, or speeding up surveillance video footage to make details easier for viewing. Scenes or parts of scenes can be enlarged, as well as still images captured for individual display. Those pictures can then be able to be printed onto small boards for judge conveyance, or for introduction onto flat-panel monitors in the courtroom. Side-by-side displays may also be used to illustrate image comparisons.

Simple to Use and Secure File Delivery System

We have a simple to use and secure file delivery system for your office to upload surveillance video files directly to us. We will review those documents for no charge and give you the best accessible options for your specific footage. In many cases, it is best to keep in mind footage can only be improved, not recovered from severely grainy or blurry footage. Audio files may also be improved using noise and tone filters. These filters can not only reduce undesirable ambient noise and extraneous sounds however emphasized the desired sound, be that a voice or gunshots heard in the background. We use various steps and techniques while analyzing, evaluating, and enhancing video evidence. The initial step is the receipt of evidence and preservation of the chain of evidence, which is also known as preserving the chain of custody. After copying the original evidence to our servers, the following step is to create a copy of the original video evidence in a format suitable for analysis and enhancement. Doing so secures the original evidence while at the same time permits a new version to be added to our software for clarification and editing during analysis.

Assessment and analysis of video

During assessment and analysis of video evidence, a video forensic expert will be looking for many different things, such as:

Size and resolution of the video
Evidence of pressure or transformation of the video (from original video format)
Evidence of editing or adulteration
Determination of video outline rate, codec, and other significant details
Analysis of Metadata or Exif Data

Forensic experts will also make determinations with respect to the kind of forensic video clarification which may be useful and possible for the case.

Elements that may affect the success of enhancements include:

Type of video recording equipment used
Quality of digital camera or surveillance camera
Settings of camera or DVR at the time of the hour of the episode
Resolution of the recorded image
Camera lens quality
Lighting conditions
Night vision capabilities of the camera
Camera angle
The distance of the camera from the event, angle of the camera
Video compression, export, etc.

After the proposed upgrades have been explained to the client, forensic experts will start improving the video evidence. Using state of the art computers and software, video forensic experts use many enhancement techniques that are useful to a case. The techniques may include:

Enlarging as well as zooming in on certain parts of a video
Studying shadows or reflections to help decide the movement
Slowing down or speeding up a video
Measuring heights, speed of article, an individual’s body movements
Adjusting shading, differentiate, or other video qualities to better see what is going on
Cleaning up the video ancient or distortion
Syncing together different video angles from a similar incident into one playable video
Editing together different camera angles to show a cogent timeline of events
Adding a time counter to identity individual frames
Tracking individual, vehicles, or items over time through multiple surveillance cameras and systems
Adding a counter to demonstrate the number of times something happens or is said
Showcasing the time elapsed between specific events occurring in a video
Identifying the use of firearms, weapons, or other threatening actions by individuals in a video

Any upgraded videos, once finished, will be exported into an all-around playable video format and renamed so that they are clearly recognized as an enhanced version of the original video. The enhanced video is not only high quality, but is able to be played on any brand of devices — for example - any computer, tablet, or cell phone.

Writing a report and testifying in court or Deposition

When improvements have been finished for the case, it is sometimes vital for a video forensic expert to write a detailed forensic report. This report is intended to be admitted into evidence, along with the enhanced video, as a written record of video analysis and enhancement steps taken by the expert on both the original evidence as well as the improved videos created for which the expert may be called to testify in a deposition or trial. The amount and kind of information included in the forensic report are customized to the specifics of the evidence as well as what is important to each particular case. It also intended to give a summary of the testimony and opinions the expert would give in court. Forensic experts are sometimes called upon to testify in affidavits or court as to many details of the evidence. Some of the time the video expert will testify regarding the observations and conclusions made with respect to the evidence. Sometimes the expert will be called to testify regarding the method and tools used to improve videos or audio created for the case. The forensic expert’s testimony can be to disprove the findings of other forensic experts, or it tends to be exclusive with respect to explaining the enhancements. Whatever the circumstances, experts should be prepared to explain any and all aspects of the evidence for the judge.