Ocean Systems company news & updates, as well as product tips & tutorials.
dTective® 8.0 made a big splash at the LEVA conference last week and was officially released on Monday. dTective® 8.0 includes our updated SpotLight/Redact effect and our new Analyze (BETA) effect. SpotLight/Redact SpotLight/Redact is an effect that allows you to highlight and/or obscure up to four (4) separate areas within your video clip via one […]
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The recent release of Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (v20) introduced several new Hot Keys that conflict with ClearID®’s default Base Set (e.g. F6, F7, F8, etc). There are of course multiple ways to handle this conflict, as briefly discussed in this video (1 min. 24 secs.). Today we published another maintenance release of ClearID v3 […]
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Today we are excited to announce that in 2019 we will be introducing a new Ocean Systems vendor Certification, DME dTective®. The new certification program is currently being designed, and it is anticipated that we will begin accepting applications for the new certification in the Fall of 2019. This new certification program will certify both […]
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Last week we were honored to participate in FLETC’s 2nd Cybercrime and Technical Investigations Conference in Glynco, GA. We got to chat with long-time friends and customers in the Vendor demonstration area, as well as serveral folks brand new to Forensic Multimedia Analysis. On Friday, I gave a presentation – “Video Evidence: There’s More Than […]
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Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) has been used by Digital & Multimedia Evidence (DME) analysts since prior to the very first certifications in any of the related DME disciplines (e.g. computer forensics, mobile forensics, video forensics, audio forensics, image analysis). FOSS has transformed the landscape of each of those disciplines in the process. Below […]
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With the release of QuickDME™ version 3.2 Administrators can quickly and easily archive & restore case assets via Admin Configurator, providing even more storage flexibility. To start using the new feature, Admins simply need to setup their Archive Storage location via the Database Setup Utility (shown below). This only needs to be done once, as […]
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QuickDME™ version 3.1 (released March 29, 2018) introduces many new features, including one we call “Linkable Locations”. This feature allows the system administrator to “Link” to other network storage locations, then “index” the evidence from those locations without having to move all of the data in order to manage it with QuickDME™. Linkable Locations make […]
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Is your digital evidence workstation slowing you down? Chances are that if you do a considerable amount of transcoding/converting multimedia and it’s more than 3 years old, it is. When it comes to Digital Multimedia Evidence (DME) processing, time is of the essence…in more ways than one. First, DME is unlike any other type of […]
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Having video evidence from multiple cameras for an investigation becomes more common as each day passes. With multiple camera views and/or videos from different sources, aligning those videos into a multi-track timeline can be the most thorough and powerful way to interrogate and digest the material, both from an investigative standpoint as well as from […]
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For those new to ClearID, we now offer live one-on-one instructor led training! Students train on their own PC, at their own desk, and receive all course materials and content electronically. *Broadband Internet connection required* This 4-hour online instruction covers the proper application and use of ClearID v3 in a forensic Digital Image Workflow. Students […]
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One of the most time consuming aspects of Digital Video Evidence recovery is often the process of documenting the recovery in compliance with Best Practices. Documenting the recording system settings, in particular, can be ardous to say the least when dealing with proprieatry & often poorly designed interfaces. Although photographing each screen of the menus […]
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dTective® Forensic Video Analysis Suite v7.5 is now available as a free upgrade to all users with a current dTective® support contract as of 3/1/2017! Now with 15x ClearID Filters Available as Avid AVX Plug-ins With the release of dTective 7.5, Ocean Systems has expanded the processing power of the dTective suite by including 15x […]
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