The Evidence Store - Prints from Video

Prints from Video

Production manager Hernan Maldonado works with clients to select frames from their video.

Our generation has turned into the age of video. We get our information and entertainment from the video screen and clients are regularly asking us to do a "video" of one thing or another. There are many times when clients do "videos" themselves or have investigators do video surveillance of subjects. The problem of presentation dynamics at trial eventually comes up and this is when making prints comes into play.

The Evidence Store is equipped to make high quality still prints from videotapes. It is preferable to have the original tape available, as we find that the copies we get to work with are not done professionally and lack a great deal in the quality department.

When making still images from video we capture one frame of image for printing. You can see the difference in quality just by using the "pause" mode on a VCR. The reality of viewing one frame compared to the perception of image created by several frames seen in rapid succession is quite different. There are tools we can use to "sharpen" image and adjust contrast and brightness as well as color. Prints are then generated that can be used in the smaller sizes or processed further in the computer to create large "trial size" displays.

Very often stills from video illustrate sequences of actions, and we can make composite exhibits of 8x10 prints mounted on fomecor boards with titles to create effective exhibits.

Fees for this service are based on the time spent capturing the images plus the per-print charges depending on size. Call us for more information or E- mail us here and we will get right back to you.