Comments on: Meet Doug Carner, Video Forensic Expert Who Cleaned up George Zimmerman Video http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/meet-doug-carner-video-forensic-expert-who-cleaned-up-george-zimmerman-video/ The latest Headlines, news and blog posts from ABC News contributors and bloggers. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Richard http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/meet-doug-carner-video-forensic-expert-who-cleaned-up-george-zimmerman-video/#comment-7269642 Richard Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:41:23 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/?p=297162#comment-7269642 From how I see it, the first video was grainy so the analysis was... doesn't seem to be an injury. The second video was enhanced and an injury seemed visible. No conspiracy theory. Chill out Mesha, George, everyone. You're all riled up for no reason. From how I see it, the first video was grainy so the analysis was… doesn’t seem to be an injury. The second video was enhanced and an injury seemed visible. No conspiracy theory. Chill out Mesha, George, everyone. You’re all riled up for no reason.

]]> By: Mesha MeMe http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/meet-doug-carner-video-forensic-expert-who-cleaned-up-george-zimmerman-video/#comment-7211252 Mesha MeMe Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:55:58 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/?p=297162#comment-7211252 What ABC News is trying to get away with makes NBC seem fair and objective. They intentionally hid Zimmerman's injuries.    Two days ago, ABC News aired a segment in which they claimed the original footage of the police surveillance video was enhanced, revealing "possible injuries" to the back of George Zimmerman's head. However, ABC News was not truthful in reporting that the first video footage was the original. In fact, the first footage that ABC News aired was a murky copy made by recording the video as it played on a screen/monitor. The camera used was human-held as is evident by the tell-tale wobbling picture. Furthermore, several seconds into the first footage aired by ABC News, the camera operator actually pans the camera to center the picture because the edge of the screen/monitor is visible in the shot.     However, this so-called "enhanced" video shows footage that is perfectly steady and has a visible date/time stamp – which is consistent with a permanently mounted security camera. This "enhanced" version appears to be the original footage, or a slightly tweaked version of the original to cover ABC News' lies. They reported the screen recorded copy was used to produce the "enhanced" copy, which is not only false, but impossible. They entire tale was made up whole cloth.    THIS is why the quality of the first video they released was so bad – it was intentionally bad. Why didn't ABC News air the original video footage from the start; or report that the footage initially aired was actually recorded from a screen/monitor and therefore, the quality was significantly compromised? Whoever operated the camera to record the first version released, had to have seen a much clearer picture than the public was shown.     ABC News withheld the original footage and played what looks to be a sick joke, instead. They aired a poor quality screen-recorded copy captured by someone physically holding a camera, presented it as the original footage, and then reported that the security video did not show any injuries – which contradicted George Zimmerman's claims. ABC News intentionally obfuscated Zimmerman's wounds and then acted like they broke some scoop after they realized the genuine footage would eventually come out should Zimmerman be charged with a crime. And they had the wherewithal to pretend like they did some honest reporting and went out of their way to have the video enhanced to find the truth.     This is unacceptable. What ABC News is trying to get away with makes NBC seem fair and objective. They intentionally hid Zimmerman’s injuries. 
 
Two days ago, ABC News aired a segment in which they claimed the original footage of the police surveillance video was enhanced, revealing “possible injuries” to the back of George Zimmerman’s head. However, ABC News was not truthful in reporting that the first video footage was the original. In fact, the first footage that ABC News aired was a murky copy made by recording the video as it played on a screen/monitor. The camera used was human-held as is evident by the tell-tale wobbling picture. Furthermore, several seconds into the first footage aired by ABC News, the camera operator actually pans the camera to center the picture because the edge of the screen/monitor is visible in the shot.  
 
However, this so-called “enhanced” video shows footage that is perfectly steady and has a visible date/time stamp – which is consistent with a permanently mounted security camera. This “enhanced” version appears to be the original footage, or a slightly tweaked version of the original to cover ABC News’ lies. They reported the screen recorded copy was used to produce the “enhanced” copy, which is not only false, but impossible. They entire tale was made up whole cloth. 
 
THIS is why the quality of the first video they released was so bad – it was intentionally bad. Why didn’t ABC News air the original video footage from the start; or report that the footage initially aired was actually recorded from a screen/monitor and therefore, the quality was significantly compromised? Whoever operated the camera to record the first version released, had to have seen a much clearer picture than the public was shown.  
 
ABC News withheld the original footage and played what looks to be a sick joke, instead. They aired a poor quality screen-recorded copy captured by someone physically holding a camera, presented it as the original footage, and then reported that the security video did not show any injuries – which contradicted George Zimmerman’s claims. ABC News intentionally obfuscated Zimmerman’s wounds and then acted like they broke some scoop after they realized the genuine footage would eventually come out should Zimmerman be charged with a crime. And they had the wherewithal to pretend like they did some honest reporting and went out of their way to have the video enhanced to find the truth.  
 
This is unacceptable.

]]> By: George http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/meet-doug-carner-video-forensic-expert-who-cleaned-up-george-zimmerman-video/#comment-7202202 George Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:37:55 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/?p=297162#comment-7202202 Can Mr. Carner please explain: 1) Why is the video that he "enhanced" using scientific image processing tools still much grainier than the version that CNN aired on AC360? 2) Why the resulting wound is the exact same image that CNN allegedly produced by only using color correction? 3) If FPI claims to do video refocusing, why does the wound only appear in an isolated frame and not in the actual video timeline, in motion? 4) Why, if only image enhancement was performed, does the time stamp show three hours earlier than when the incident actually took place on Feb. 26? (All other versions of the video have an accurate timestamp.) Can Mr. Carner please explain:
1) Why is the video that he “enhanced” using scientific image processing tools still much grainier than the version that CNN aired on AC360?
2) Why the resulting wound is the exact same image that CNN allegedly produced by only using color correction?
3) If FPI claims to do video refocusing, why does the wound only appear in an isolated frame and not in the actual video timeline, in motion?
4) Why, if only image enhancement was performed, does the time stamp show three hours earlier than when the incident actually took place on Feb. 26? (All other versions of the video have an accurate timestamp.)

]]> By: whathappened04 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/meet-doug-carner-video-forensic-expert-who-cleaned-up-george-zimmerman-video/#comment-7196362 whathappened04 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:46:05 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/?p=297162#comment-7196362 ---------------More Info on George Zimmerman---------------NBC/ABC WILL YOU REPORT THIS NEW INFORMATION ON THE EVENING NEWS??????----------“Do you know who spent tireless hours putting fliers on the cars of persons parked in the churches of the black community? Do you know who waited for the church-goers to get out of church so that he could hand them fliers in an attempt to organize the black community against this horrible miscarriage of justice? Do you know who helped organize the City Hall meeting on January 8th, 2011 at Sanford City Hall??”“That person was GEORGE ZIMMERMAN,” the letter insisted. “Ironic isn’t it?”-------------------------Source---dailycaller.com/2012/04/04/zimmerman-demanded-discipline-in-2010-race-related-beating-for-officers-who-investigated-martin-shooting by Matthew Boyle. —————More Info on George Zimmerman—————NBC/ABC WILL YOU REPORT THIS NEW INFORMATION ON THE EVENING NEWS??????———-“Do you know who spent tireless hours putting fliers on the cars of persons parked in the churches of the black community? Do you know who waited for the church-goers to get out of church so that he could hand them fliers in an attempt to organize the black community against this horrible miscarriage of justice? Do you know who helped organize the City Hall meeting on January 8th, 2011 at Sanford City Hall??”“That person was GEORGE ZIMMERMAN,” the letter insisted. “Ironic isn’t it?”————————-Source—dailycaller.com/2012/04/04/zimmerman-demanded-discipline-in-2010-race-related-beating-for-officers-who-investigated-martin-shooting by Matthew Boyle.

]]> By: Joe http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/meet-doug-carner-video-forensic-expert-who-cleaned-up-george-zimmerman-video/#comment-7173662 Joe Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:36:29 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/?p=297162#comment-7173662 This smells like damage control to me. "ABC has exclusive video of George Zimmerman and he was lying about his injuries!. OOPS, we may have made a mistake!" Now they need to justify the change to the other side to save face. This smells like damage control to me. “ABC has exclusive video of George Zimmerman and he was lying about his injuries!. OOPS, we may have made a mistake!” Now they need to justify the change to the other side to save face.

]]> By: Susan Ruben http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/meet-doug-carner-video-forensic-expert-who-cleaned-up-george-zimmerman-video/#comment-7173152 Susan Ruben Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:11:22 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/?p=297162#comment-7173152 Re: Jason M. Volack article Doug Carner video enhancement Zimmerman's head Hi, The enhanced video which may show head wounds on Zimmerman shows something high up on the parietal bone, not on the lower, occipital bone. The occipital bone is the one which projects outwards the furthest from the back of the head and is where you would expect the head to contact the ground if someone was on his back and getting their head banged on the ground. With wounds in the location shown in the enhanced video, seems like the neck would have had to suffer injury. Susan Re: Jason M. Volack article Doug Carner video enhancement Zimmerman’s head

Hi,

The enhanced video which may show head wounds on Zimmerman shows something high up on the parietal bone, not on the lower, occipital bone.

The occipital bone is the one which projects outwards the furthest from the back of the head and is where you would expect the head to contact the ground if someone was on his back and getting their head banged on the ground.

With wounds in the location shown in the enhanced video, seems like the neck would have had to suffer injury.

Susan

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