What is examined
Analysis of anatomical, morphological and individualising appearance features: face, head, hair, ears, nose, lips, chin, build and other features.
Examination is based on the submitted photographs, video frames, video recordings, comparison images and case documents. Image quality, viewing angle, lighting, resolution, availability of originals and sufficiency of comparison materials matter.
Possible questions
- whether the submitted images show the same person;
- whether the images are suitable for facial comparison examination;
- which matching appearance features have been identified;
- which differing appearance features have been identified;
- whether the materials are sufficient for a categorical conclusion;
- whether conclusions from a previous examination are substantiated.
What to provide
- original photograph and video files;
- frames of the best quality;
- comparison photographs of the person being checked;
- information about the image source;
- the time boundaries of the relevant video fragment;
- an appointment order, court ruling or draft questions.
Pricing
from RUB 75,000. The exact price depends on the number of images, material quality, video duration, comparison complexity, the need for a report review and urgency.
How appearance characteristics are distinguished from image characteristics
A feature is considered together with the conditions in which it is depicted. Shadow may conceal a contour, head rotation may alter visible shape, and movement may blur a detail's boundary. The absence of a distinguishable depiction does not mean that the person lacks the feature itself.
From observation to comparison
During examination, it is important to understand which material shows a particular detail and which depiction of it is used for comparison. Observations of different areas may vary in reliability. Similarities and differences are not reduced to a simple count: their significance and the effects of capture conditions must be explained.
If a feature changes appearance in adjacent frames, this helps check the role of viewing angle or facial expression. Frames from one recording remain linked to a common source. They may supplement observations, but do not automatically become independent confirmation of identity.
Clothing, hairstyle and other changeable details may help navigate the materials, but matching details do not replace substantiation of a facial identification answer. The conclusion must correspond to features actually available in the submitted images.
A question for the enquiry: which similarities and differences are reliably observed, which are explained by depiction conditions and which remain unverifiable? This wording allows a substantive comparison even when a categorical identification answer is limited by material quality.