New software detects doctored photographs
Posted by Sarah Schewe on July 16, 2008 at 9:45 AM
With the recent stir caused by Iran's doctored "fourth" missile photograph, journalists should be hyperaware that no longer is seeing believing.
New software, developed by Dartmouth College computer science professor Hany Farid, analyzes photographs for duplicated pixel patterns, differing light sources within a photograph, and "mirror" reflections in eyes that betray doctoring.
Watch the PBS video of Farid's work here, and see if you can tell which are real and which are fake.
Source: Cyberjournalist.net
New software, developed by Dartmouth College computer science professor Hany Farid, analyzes photographs for duplicated pixel patterns, differing light sources within a photograph, and "mirror" reflections in eyes that betray doctoring.
Watch the PBS video of Farid's work here, and see if you can tell which are real and which are fake.
Source: Cyberjournalist.net
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