Forensic Image Enhancement Software Mac

Focus Magic is used by multiple law enforcement agencies to recover detail from images that is not visible to the naked eye and has been used in multiple court cases including a murder trial. For court cases we have been asked how Focus Magic works so that the jury is happy that the image has not been “doctored” and is valid as evidence.

In 34th episode of the Digital Forensic Survival Podcast Michael Leclair talks about his favourite tools for OS X forensics. He presents a wide list of forensic tools, which can be used for solving common problems, such as imaging, file analysis, data carving, decryption, email analysis, etc. Ikena Forensic equips analysts with tools for enhancing video from any source including body cameras, security cams and mobile phones. Our software allows yo.

Original image focused for horizontal blur using a Blur Width of 20.

For Focus Magic to recover detail, the Blur Width needs to be an absolute minimum of five, but should preferably be between ten and twenty. If the Blur Width is less than ten then it is usually beneficial to upscale the image by a factor of two before focusing the image.

Original image focused using a Blur Width of 20. The license plate is quite clear to read. This image is within the “Forensic Recovery Range”.

Original image reduced to half its size and focused using a Blur Width of 10. The license plate is still quite clear to read. This image is also within the “Forensic Recovery Range”.

Original image reduced to one quarter of its size and focused using a Blur Width of 5. The license plate although a little clearer, can no longer be read. This image is no longer within the “Forensic Recovery Range”.

For scanned photos, scan them in using a resolution which is high enough to have a blur width between 10 and 20. If for example the photo was scanned in at 1200 bpi (bits per inch), and the blur width is 6, then scan it in again using 2400 bpi so that you can use a blur width of 12. If the image was scanned in at its highest resolution then increase the image size as for a digital camera (next). Not all scanners produce sharp scans. If you are scanning in an image with quite a low blur width, it is vital to use a good scanner which doesn’t contribute to the blur of the image. After scanning the image in, compare the real image with what you see on the screen and make sure that it hasn’t contributed any blur to the image. If you have the negative of the photo, then you could make a large print of the photo before scanning it in. Make sure that the photo lab understands the importance of getting a sharp image.

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If the photo is from a digital camera, then increase the image size so that the blur width is in the 10 to 20 range. It is probably best to increase the file size by a factor of 2 or 4 so that the interpolation is kept as simple and hence as accurate as possible.

If the blur width is greater than 20 then scale the image down so that the blur width is in the 10 to 20 range. Focus Magic can process a maximum blur width of 20. If it could go above 20 then you wouldn’t gain much (or anything) anyway.

A grainy image won’t focus as well as a smooth clean image.

Noise (10 % uniform noise using Photoshop) was added to simulate a grainy image. The re-focusing is not nearly as good.

If you already have an image, there may not be a lot you can do to remove noise or grain. If you have a negative, you might be able to reduce the noise by developing the print again using better equipment. If the image has dust on it, then you can gently wipe the dust off.

The focusing Accuracy should be set to Highest. This will focus the image more accurately but it will also take a lot longer to process the image.

Prominent Features of Free Forevid Video Analyzer

Record Screen Option

Forevid Video Analyzer offers options to record screen during forensic analysis of video file. Monitor the Complete activity in file format to prevent any alteration of digital evidence during collection and examination. Also Change the “Frame Rate” of recording and save in .avi format

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Bookmark Video Frames

Bookmark option to add information to specific Frame of Input Video file for editing resulted in faster and efficient investigation. With Forevid Forensic video analyzer bookmark the frame as a PDF or copy it to the clipboard to edit with Image Editor.

Advanced Rotate Filter

You can move the Position of input file such as “Rotate Left, Right, Trun180, Flip Horizontal and Vertical and play reverse the video file for investigation in Forevid Software

Resize and Deinterlace File

Change the Size of Input video with various filter such Bilinear, Bicubic, Spline36, Lanczos, and Point Resize to smooth texture mapping. Use Deinterlace filter to create a non-interlaced form of the frame.

Encode Video In Another Format

Video Encoding option to convert Video into a compatible format for other video player devices. Select the Encoding setting to change the quality of video while converting into lossless MP4, MKV FLV, and SFX Player (exe) File format.

Export Bookmark Frame As PDF Format

After Bookmarked the important frames, export them into Portable Document Format (PDF) to easily access with Forevid Forensic Software to generate a report.

Edit Frames with Image Editor

Select the Specific Frame to Edit using Built-In Image Editor of Forevid Forensic Software. This Editor includes Zoom In, Color Fill, Blur, Border, Crop, Scale, and Pixelize option to examine the image.

Preview Project Details

Create Different Project to manage the forensic cases. While Opening project Forevid Software displays such as “ Author name, Description, Date Modified and Amount of Videos” and location of the project.

Specifications of Forevid Forensic Video Analysis Software

Basic Requirements
  • Latest version: 1.2.1
  • Around 50 MB free space for installation
  • System requirements: Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10
Software
Can I Convert video Data into AVS File format?

Yes, Forevid forensic video analysis tool offers an option to save data into .avisynth scripts

Can I play the video One Frame at a time?

Yes, you can view one frame at a time of the video. Also, you can rewind and cut the specific section of video also.

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Can I edit or enhance the frame, bookmarked with the Forevid Forensic software.
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You can go for Built-In Image Editor of Forevid Software to edit to examine the specific frame using free forensic video analysis tool

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Is Forevid video analysis software supports Spline36 and Lancoz filter for image scaling or not?

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Yes, You can apply Spline36 and Lancoz filter for scaling video properly. Additionally, it also offers Point and BiCubuic and Bilinear scaling option for resizing of file