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FotoForensics

Online image forensics. Error Level Analysis (ELA), metadata, JPEG quality estimation and hidden-pixel checks, with a good set of tutorials on interpreting the results.

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field note

Uploads are retained and may be public. Don't submit sensitive or unpublished images. Also, ELA is easy to misread; work through the site's tutorial before you call something "edited".

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