Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 252 pages
- Published by: Sybex July 30, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0470114541
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470114544
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
- Weighs: 1.3 pounds
Product Description
Digital imaging technology has been used in forensics since at least 1992, yet until now there?has been?no practical instruction available to address the unique issues of image processing in an everyday forensic environment.
Photoshop CS3 for Forensics Professionals serves the everyday, real-world requirements of law enforcement and legal personnel dealing with digital images (including both photographs and video stills). This book is an great tool for:
Law enforcement personnel, from crime scene and arson investigators, detectives, and patrol officers to forensic photographers, fingerprint examiners, video analysts, tool mark and footwear examiners, and criminalists.
Security pros in such fields as private investigation, insurance, fraud detection, and loss prevention.
Scientific and technical users of Photoshop with workflows similar to law enforcement, such as medical photographers, research imaging experts, engineering and architecture staff, and industrial photographers.
Staff responsible for maintaining a
photo archive or printing images for court.
Photoshop CS3 for Forensics Professionals is the only book to provide forensics professionals with specific answers to their imaging questions. This is the perfect resource for those who want to move from simple theory to the essential skills needed to be more effective. This resource is dividied into three parts:
Part I: The Essentials is about setting up your workflow, archiving your images, and familiarizing yourself with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Bridge, including the setting up of preferences. Also covered are the best practices in writing reports and providing courtroom testimony.
Part II: The Digital Darkroom teaches how to use Photoshop to accomplish what traditionally was done in the darkroom, from correcting color casts to making prints and exhibits for courtroom use.
Part III: Image Analysis & Enhancement covers techniques for clarifying images so that details can be better viewed and used for analysis or comparison, from contrast enhancement and pattern removal to even forensic video analysis.
The companion CD-ROM provides sample images—including various accident and crime scenes—you can use to practice the techniques from the book while?following along with the tutorials. It also includes several scripts, plug-ins, and actions so you can work more effectively.
In addition, instructor's materials are available so you can use book in workshops and training seminars.
Order this one-of-a-kind resource today! Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Back Cover Copy
The First Practical Guide to the Use of Photoshop in Forensics Investigations This timely book is the first to take the forensic use of digital imaging out of the classroom and into the real world for law enforcement, legal, and other forensics professionals. How do you show the exact position or size of a fluorescing blood stain in a crime scene? How do you analyze and enhance stills from security video? How do you explain your Photoshop efforts in court?
From metadata and sharpening methods to using the History log and accurately evaluating scale within a scene, this serious guide from one of the most highly sought trainers in imaging forensics outlines the processes you need for using Adobe® Photoshop® in a forensics environment. Whether you're working with the newest features of Photoshop CS3 or using an earlier version of the software, these clear, step-by-step tutorials will help you:
- Follow and apply legal rules of digital evidence and master best practices
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Maintain an audit trail for non-standard enhancements to an image -
Evaluate metadata to determine if an image is what it purports to be -
Measure objects and scale in a photograph -
Take advantage of non-destructive image enhancement techniques -
Extract fingerprints from backgrounds using color isolation techniques -
Take advantage of Adobe Camera Raw file formats in a forensic workflow -
Correct terrible exposures and color shifts in crime scene, evidence, and traffic collision photographs -
Perform frame averaging natively in Photoshop for image noise reduction -
Get great prints for use in court by following good color-management policies
CD-ROM Included
The companion CD contains all the images used in each tutorial, allowing readers to practice along with the tutorials and compare their results, plus valuable scripts and links to many more resources.
Reader ReviewsGeorge Reis has done a fabulous job in the writing of this book. I recently purchased this book and found it not only informative, but easy to read (a far cry from the normal techie manual). This book is a must have for anyone using Adobe Photoshop for image analysis or forensic video analysis. I especially appreciated George's references to CS2 and the changes/improvements with CS3. Thanks for not throwing all of us who are too poor to upgrade to the curb!
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