Use video images in a storyboard

Storyboards

We have found that one of the most compelling methods of using video evidence is when it is in the form of a storyboard.

We will take your video images and produce a document containing A4 size pages with typically six images per page. The images are produced in a chronological sequence and depending on the individual requirements the images may be all of the relevant images, a selection from a sequence or sequences from multiple cameras and systems.

We recently assisted an investigator who needed the video images in a format that could easily be used to show witnesses and interview suspects read more.....

Time Check

Time Check

By the time you read this the clocks will have gone back an hour you will hopefully have figured out how to adjust all the clocks we seem to have in our lives these days and been thankful that some have an automatic adjustment facility but it may surprise you to know that many CCTV systems do not have that built in.
The time stamp is a critical part of the recorded data assisting in placing the images into a chronological sequence of events referenced against time. If the time used is incorrect it can waste hours when searching images for incidents and poses a potential problem when images are required from multiple systems all using different times read more...

Software for free

Recently I was told about a website where you can obtain free software, some of which is actually very useful although there is usually a restriction as to its use and they come without any support, but it is a great resource to try out software before committing to a paid for version. If you register on the site you will receive a daily offer but be careful as I seem to find them all worth downloading. So go here if you like the idea of free software www.giveawayoftheday.com.
Disclaimer, we have no connection with the site or receive any benefit from driving traffic to it, use at your own risk.

Recent Results

"It wasn't me." How many times have you heard that before? We were asked to analyse images from a digital CCTV system giving a view onto the area just outside a nightclub. Read more....

Sony HSR CCTV

Before Digital Video Recorders (DVR) or Network Video Recorders (NVR) became the choice for new and retro fitting to existing systems SONY brought out the HSR-1 followed by the HSR-2 system that both use a hard drive and a tape to archive footage. The only problem is that the tape format isn't VHS or even S-VHS but a full size DV tape and you can't view or demultiplex the images unless you have a SONY HSR system. So what can you do? Read more....