Introduction to Forensic Photoshop

Course Outline

Duration: 1 Day

Who Should Attend This Class: Content is appropriate for any individual who wishes to understand the roles and responsibilities of personnel in regard to the forensic processing of images in law enforcement, hospitals, or other forensic environments. Basic principles and techniques of forensic image processing will be especially pertinent for persons who have specified duties to identify, collect, process and safeguard image based evidence.

Law enforcement, questioned document examiners, forensic video analysts, latent print specialists, image analysts, crime analysts, forensic physicians, forensic nurses, attorneys, forensic scientists, crime scene photographers, medical/scientific imaging specialists, photojournalists and criminalists will benefit greatly from this very informative course

Description: Every day, thousands of images are captured for use in courtrooms and laboratories around the world. The employees of the agencies that must process these images are often placed in these high-pressure positions with inadequate training and a lack of resources. What should I do? In what order should I do it? How do I even begin to process these images? These are the most common questions people ask. Because lives often depend on each image that we process, it is essential that every person employed in the process have a guide that will help them make use of this complex program; a guide that will give them the results they desire in every aspect of image processing and a thorough grounding in the legal or ethical considerations of the process for which they are involved.

An Introduction to Forensic Photoshop is for users of all levels. No matter the starting point, or level of proficiency, students will join in the journey to mastery. Topics include setting up Photoshop and Bridge, getting images into Photoshop, fixing focus problems, correcting global light and color issues, fixing light and color locally, sharpening, noise reduction techniques, preparing for output, interpolation, printing, and archival issues and much more.

Forensic Photoshop is not simply a list of tips and tricks. It offers a comprehensive workflow, that is, a reliably repeatable pattern of activity enabled by a systematic organization of resources that can be documented and learned. It offers the student the logical progression of steps necessary to the accomplishing of the goal with clarified and balanced images; images that remain true to their original content and context.

Objectives:

• Identify and articulate the forensic workflow.
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of imaging specialists in a forensic setting.
• Demonstrate their ability to clarify and present images in a structured and organized manner utilizing sound legal and ethical strategies.