Evidence Timeline
Every forensic finding is mapped to a precise point in the video. See exactly when and where anomalies appear.
Temporal Mapping
What the evidence timeline shows
Instead of a single pass/fail score, ClipForensics builds a chronological map of forensic findings.
The evidence timeline is a frame-by-frame reconstruction of forensic events detected during analysis. Each event includes a timestamp, the module that detected it, a severity level, and a description of the finding.
This allows investigators to scrub through the video and understand exactly where manipulations are most likely to have occurred, rather than relying on a single aggregate score.
Event Types
What gets recorded
Manipulation Indicators
Face swap boundaries, GAN artifacts, spectral anomalies, and other signals that suggest modification.
Temporal Discontinuities
Sudden changes in resolution, compression level, lighting, or motion that may indicate splicing.
Authenticity Markers
Consistent noise patterns, valid provenance data, and other signals supporting authenticity.
Metadata Events
Encoding switches, compression history checkpoints, and container-level anomalies at specific offsets.
Use Cases
Who uses the evidence timeline
Journalists use the timeline to identify the exact segments of a viral video that may have been modified, allowing them to report with precision.
Legal teams use it to build forensic documentation showing the temporal distribution of manipulation indicators — critical for evidence admissibility.
OSINT researchers cross-reference timeline events with external metadata (upload dates, geolocation) to build comprehensive investigation reports.