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[...]... and consulting services to law enforcement through his company, Imaging Forensics, Inc Thousands of law enforcement personnel have taken workshops from Reis since 1995 He provides workshops in forensic photography, Photoshop for forensic video analysis, Photoshop for fingerprint analysis, introduction to Photoshop in forensics, and other related topics Through Imaging Forensics, Reis also provides consulting... misinformation that continues to circulate in the forensics community Providing a resource of methods to perform the imaging tasks that face us in a law enforcement setting is what the second and third sections deal with Each chapter is a step-by-step tutorial to provide the basics for the tasks that we have at hand Who Should Read This Book There are four groups that may benefit from this book: Forensics. .. version of Adobe Photoshop Many of the techniques can be done with rather old versions of Photoshop, some require CS2 or newer, and a couple require CS3 In addition, some things require scripts or plug-ins that are included on the companion CD Any technique can be used with your own images or with the images provided on the accompanying CD What Is Covered in This Book Photoshop CS3 for Forensic Professionals. .. Forensics Professionals This book is primarily intended for those working in forensics to use as a resource for imaging tasks This includes photographers, fingerprint examiners, video analysts, tool mark and footwear examiners, crime scene investigators, and criminalists But that list isn’t complete; in many agencies a patrol officer is responsible for maintaining the photo archive and printing images for. .. interlaced TIFF sequences in Photoshop as described in Chapter 23 • Frame Average: A script that automates the process for frame averaging in Photoshop as described in Chapter 23 How to Contact the Author INTRODUCTION ■ xx I welcome feedback from you about this book or about books you’d like to see from me in the future You can reach me by writing to reis@imagingforensics.com For more information about my work,... information about my work, please visit my website at www.imagingforensics.com Sybex strives to keep you supplied with the latest tools and information you need for your work Please check the website at www.sybex.com, where we’ll post additional content and updates that supplement this book if the need arises Enter George Reis or Photoshop Forensics in the search box (or type the book’s ISBN—9780470114544),... issues for a forensic imaging environment xvii ■ INTRODUCTION What You Need 14541flast.qxd 6/15/07 11:53 AM Page xviii Chapter 4: Navigating with Bridge Bridge is a companion product that ships with Photoshop and is an excellent tool for file navigation, downloading digital photos, and batch-processing Photoshop actions Chapter 5: Camera Raw This chapter provides an introduction to the Adobe Photoshop. .. techniques for eliminating blur caused by improper focus and motion blur as well as the use of filters for increasing edge contrast to see edge detail better Chapter 21: Color Isolation Color isolation is perhaps one of the most powerful Photoshop techniques for extracting important image data when color information is present in your images Chapter 22: Pattern Removal This chapter covers a Photoshop. .. an image For this reason, it is important that anyone involved in presenting images for court use methods that will yield the same results when repeated and use valid imaging forensic techniques Four Aspects of Best Practices The four basic aspects to best practices in imaging forensics are as follows: • Archive the original image • Work only on copies of the original file • Use only valid forensic... the original, using only valid forensic procedures, and maintaining an audit trail for any nonstandard enhancements or analysis, you can be assured that you have done the due diligence needed in forensics 14541c02.qxd 6/13/07 2:06 PM Page 11 Reports and Testimony All images taken in a law enforcement setting can potentially be used in court Usually they will be used for illustrative purposes so a