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How to prepare photographs for examination

Preserve the source files

Submit files from the source device without editing or automatic compression. Preserve names, metadata and the folder structure.

Describe the provenance

Specify who obtained the images, when and how, and what copying and transformations were performed.

Formulate the task

Signs of alteration, comparison, capture conditions and metadata require different methods.

Forensic examination of photographic images
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