PixLab ForensicDeepfake investigation & media intelligence
Investigate AI-generated content
and manipulated media
PixLab Forensic brings deepfake investigation, image forensics, video frame review, audio analysis and text examination into one workbench. Assess AI-generated images and selected video frames, inspect EXIF/GPS and Content Credentials, and turn your observations into investigation reports.
Browser tools are free, with no account or installation required. Optional AI assessment is available for images and selected video frames, subject to service availability. Explore deepfake investigation →
PixLab Forensic brings deepfake review, image inspection, video, audio, text, and project management into one browser-based workbench.
Inspect visual evidence
EXIF/GPS, Content Credentials, ELA, noise and hashes.
Review recordings closely
Waveforms, spectrograms and timestamped video frames.
Trace text references
Search terms, URLs, emails, dates and source passages.
Assess AI-generated imagery
Image and selected-frame assessment with explanations and reported signals.
Dedicated media workspaces
Choose the source.
Keep the examination focused
Start in Deepfake Detection to investigate an image or video. Use Images for provenance and diagnostics, Video for frame capture, Audio for spectrograms and Text for reference analysis. Move between sources as your investigation develops.
Move between sources without reopening them
Every file you open joins the session list. Each media workspace keeps one current source, and supported per-source editing, cursor and search state stays available while you switch.
Keep source files, captured frames, text revisions and notes together in a saved project, then resume the review when you need it.
Investigate an image or video, review provenance and request AI assessment of the selected image or captured frame.
Images
Inspect EXIF/GPS, ELA, JPEG and noise diagnostics, embedded thumbnails, hashes and Content Credentials.
Video & Audio
Capture timestamped video frames or examine recordings with waveform playback and an FFT spectrogram.
Text
Search source passages, follow URLs, emails and dates, preserve revisions and optionally request AI review of an excerpt.
Manage
Open Projects, Users & Profile, Settings, hash sets and App Data controls from one place.
Media intelligence in practice
Turn a claim into
specific checks
Start with a question the source can help you investigate. Separate what was recorded, what you can directly observe and what still needs independent verification.
QuestionExaminationUseful outcome
Submitted photograph
Does the recorded context agree with the account?
Inspect the image and available camera, date, software and GPS fields.
Identify details to corroborate and information that is missing.
Start with the source.
Build the examination from there
Open a source, examine the available evidence and follow the details that need closer review. Combine image diagnostics, frame capture and AI assessment with notes, projects and reports that preserve your findings.
PixLab Forensic workbench showing a source alongside inspection and analysis tools.
Choose Deepfake Detection for images or video, or open the Images, Video, Audio or Text workspace for specific tools.
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Open the source
Bring the material into the workbench
Choose a file, drop multiple supported files into the source panel or paste text directly into the Text workspace.
ImageVideoAudioText
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Examine the evidence
Inspect what the source itself reveals
Review metadata, Content Credentials and image diagnostics, capture video frames, inspect spectrograms or follow references in source text.
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Add connected context
Ask a focused question or assess an image
Request AI-generation assessment for an image or selected frame. Ask about visible details, location clues or a text excerpt, then check the response against the source.
Connected interpretations supplement the examination. They do not replace direct observations or independent verification.
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Record the findings
Corroborate, add notes and export
Keep recorded facts, analyst observations and connected interpretations distinct, then preserve useful findings in notes or an exported report.
SourceObservationInterpretation
Source
Visual details
Inspect
Recorded context
Review
Indicators & gaps
Important: metadata can be altered or removed. ELA can also respond to ordinary editing and re-saving. Treat every value and indicator as information to corroborate.
Image diagnostics & EXIF
Read the capture details
behind an image
Review available EXIF metadata alongside a zoomable image to examine how recorded dates, device details and software tags relate to the claim you are checking. When coordinates are present, continue into location intelligence without treating metadata as unquestioned fact.
Image diagnostics · available
EXIF & capture details
Review camera, date, software and GPS fields when available.
Visual inspection
Pan and zoom into regions that require closer examination.
Error-Level Analysis
Use recompression differences as an investigative indicator, not proof.
File fingerprints & similarity
Use SHA-256 and MD5 for exact matches, and dHash to review visually similar images.
Known-file lists
Compare opened images against imported MD5 or SHA-256 lists to identify known files.
Operator notes
Record observations, questions and missing context alongside the source.
Read GPS coordinates and capture dates when they are present in an image, then explore the recorded location on a map. When GPS is missing, ask AI about visible landmarks, signs and scene details to develop a location hypothesis for further research.
Recorded GPS stays recorded GPS
Read latitude and longitude from supported metadata without converting an inference into a source fact.
Open geographic context only when needed
With connected services enabled, choose Map, Split or Show on map to load the OpenFreeMap basemap through MapLibre, with 2D and globe presentation available. No map credential is required.
Treat AI location estimates as hypotheses
Ask about landmarks, signs or scene details through a configured image-analysis service, then verify the suggestion independently.
Recorded GPS coordinates can provide a research starting point when explicitly viewed on the map.
Recorded location
GPS metadata
Extracted from the image file when present
Inferred location
Connected AI estimate
Suggested from landmarks or visual details
Recording review
Locate the passage. Return to the moment
Play and inspect recordings, capture timestamped video frames and examine audio waveforms and spectrograms. Send a selected frame to Deepfake Detection for image assessment, then return to the recording with the frame's context intact.
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Audio analysis and waveform inspection
Open a browser-supported recording, listen while following its playback position and move through a waveform to revisit relevant passages.
Audio playback and waveform navigation.
FFT spectrogram with channel selection, linear and logarithmic frequency axes, and click-to-seek.
Focused review of pauses, transitions and changes in level.
Playback pauses when you switch away from the workspace.
Waveforms and spectrograms help you examine a recording. Automated transcription and speaker identification are not currently available.
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Video review and frame capture
Pause on a detail, capture a frame and inspect it in Images or Deepfake Detection. Each capture retains its parent recording, timestamp, dimensions, encoding settings and hash.
Native browser playback with supported audio track.
Pause, seek and capture timestamped JPEG frames for closer review.
Assess a selected frame with connected AI and preserve its source context.
Return from a captured frame to its parent recording.
An AI result applies only to the selected frame. The workbench does not combine frame results into a whole-video deepfake score.
Paste text or import a TXT or Markdown file to search statements, count words and follow URLs, email addresses and dates back to their source passages. Optional AI review examines a limited excerpt and links returned quotations to the text.
Text search & excerpt reviewTXT and Markdown · up to 5 MB
Search and jump to context
Move through term matches and click extracted candidates to select their exact passage in the source.
Follow references and review an excerpt
Trace URLs, emails and dates, or request connected AI review with quotations linked back to the source.
Keep the original while editing a working revision
View or restore the original at any time. Cursor, scroll and search state are preserved while you switch sources.
Text tools support TXT, Markdown and pasted text up to 5 MB. AI review sends a limited excerpt when requested; it does not determine whether writing is AI-generated.
AI-generated content & deepfake review
Investigate images and video.
Assess the details that matter
Open an image or video in Deepfake Detection, examine its provenance and request AI-generation assessment for an image or captured frame. Review the explanation and reported signals alongside image diagnostics and the source's wider context.
PixLab Forensic Deepfake Detection combines image provenance, video frame investigation and optional AI assessment.
Image assessment · available Video frame assessment · available Image provenance · available Source-linked text review
Explicit assessment
Select the image or frame to assess.
Choose Assess AI generation for an image, or capture and select a video frame before requesting assessment. Results can include a service-reported verdict, confidence, explanation and signals.
Review the evidence
Compare the response with independent indicators.
Compare AI signals with Content Credentials, recorded software fields, ELA, JPEG and noise diagnostics, hashes and the original image or recording.
Important boundary
Keep the result tied to its source.
A frame assessment applies to that frame alone. Service-reported confidence and image indicators support investigation; they do not prove authenticity or establish a whole-video verdict.
AI-assisted image questions
Ask focused questions about the image in front of you.
Explore a scene, visible detail or possible location. When you submit a request, the configured service can use the active image preview and available metadata as context.
Scene summaries and specific visible-detail questions
Metadata-aware questions
Possible location reasoning
Responses remain associated with the active image
Example questions
“Which visible details should I examine more closely?”
“What do the recorded camera and software fields tell us?”
“Which location clues are visible, and which conclusions are estimates?”
“What additional information would help assess this claim?”
Opening an image does not start AI analysis automatically. Review each response against the source and independent information.
Bring the findings together.
Keep the source in view
Move from image provenance to frame review, from a text reference to a source passage. PixLab Forensic keeps the tools, observations and reports for your investigation in one workbench.
Image provenance
Examine the file behind the claim
Compare recorded metadata, Content Credentials, image diagnostics and hashes before drawing conclusions.
AI-assisted review
Ask about the detail you need to check
Assess AI generation in an image or selected frame, ask an image question, or review a text excerpt.
Investigation records
Preserve the context behind a finding
Keep source notes, captured frames, text revisions and available findings in a project, then export a report.
Media analysis tools at a glance
Toolset
What you can examine
Using the findings
Deepfake investigation
Image provenance and optional AI-generation assessment of images or selected video frames.
Compare the explanation and signals with the source. A frame result applies only to that frame.
Image diagnostics
EXIF/GPS, ELA, JPEG quantization tables, noise-variance overlays and embedded thumbnails.
Look for inconsistencies to investigate. Compression and ordinary edits can produce similar patterns.
Content Credentials
Available C2PA claims and supported claim-signature checks.
A supported signature check does not validate image-byte binding, certificate trust or authenticity.
File identity & similarity
SHA-256 and MD5 hashes, dHash similarity comparisons and imported known-file lists.
Identify exact matches or visually similar session images for further review.
Audio & video review
Waveform playback, FFT spectrograms and timestamped video-frame captures.
Revisit a passage or inspect a frame while preserving its recording context.
Text analysis
Term search, source-linked URLs, emails and dates, revisions and optional AI excerpt review.
Follow references to their passages and check AI interpretations against the original.
Location intelligence
Recorded GPS, 2D and globe map views, and AI estimates based on visible scene clues.
Distinguish recorded coordinates from inferred locations and corroborate either independently.
Resume an investigation and share a report of the examination, including the context behind each finding.
From source to report
Open your media, examine the details, record observations and export the findings. Save the project before closing to retain your sources and review state.
Keep investigations organized with saved projects, source notes, captured frames and text revisions. Resume a review, compare file identities and export a report that records the evidence behind your findings.
Saved investigations
Save examined sources, notes, text revisions, captured frames and available findings in a project. Resume a saved investigation from the guide or Manage workspace.
Workspace preferences
Save an optional display name, remember the last workspace, resize text from 100%–150%, switch themes, use fullscreen, and collapse panels.
Data & service controls
Import local MD5/SHA-256 hash sets, manage connected analysis and maps, export interface preferences, or reset them. Exports exclude source media, findings, and service configuration.
PixLab Forensic project controls for saving sources, captured frames, revisions and investigation notes.
Report export
JSON evidence bundle
Hashes, recorded metadata, analysis parameters, operator notes, provenance notes and an explicit disclaimer.
Print output
Print-ready report
Produce a structured report and save it as PDF through the browser print dialog. Source files are not embedded.
Reports record the examination; they are not certificates of authenticity. Preference exports exclude source media, findings and service configuration.
Built around investigative questions
Different source types.
One careful examination process
Use the workspace that matches the evidence in front of you, develop observations and then compare those observations with other sources.
Journalists & fact-checkers
Examine submitted images, recordings and statements before drawing conclusions about a claim.
OSINT researchers
Use coordinates, visible clues and extracted text references as starting points for independent research.
Investigators
Review supported source material, note missing information and develop concrete follow-up questions.
Law-enforcement analysts
Use the workbench for initial examination within the organization's evidence-handling procedures.
Audio & video reviewers
Revisit important passages and compare what is visible or audible with the account of an event.
Synthetic-media investigators
Investigate an image or selected video frame with AI assessment, provenance checks, ELA, hashes and Content Credentials.
Use image diagnostics, Content Credentials, source relationships and saved projects to connect individual observations. These tools work alongside image and selected-frame AI assessment in the current workbench.
Relationships from examined sources
The entity graph uses recorded metadata and source identity to show relationships between examined files. An explicitly labelled demo appears when no examined data is available.
Keep recorded information, derived frames and AI interpretations distinct as you follow each finding.
Inspect ELA, JPEG quantization tables, regional noise variance and embedded thumbnails to identify details for further review.
Content Credentials
Available
Read available C2PA claims and check supported claim signatures. The check does not validate image-byte binding, certificate trust, revocation or overall authenticity.
AI image & frame assessment
Available
Request AI-generation assessment of an image or selected video frame. Review the service's explanation and signals alongside provenance and diagnostics.
Entity relationship analysis
Available
Explore a source-backed entity graph using recorded metadata and file identity. Select a source node to return to the corresponding workspace.
Projects & cross-source analysis
Available
Save sources, notes, text revisions, captured frames and available findings. Resume an investigation and export a project manifest or examination report.
Recording review & frame capture
Available
Navigate waveforms and spectrograms, capture timestamped video frames and preserve their parent recording context for review.
FAQ
Practical answers for
media examination
Answers about deepfake investigation, image diagnostics, recording review, text analysis, saved projects and reports.
PixLab Forensic is a workbench for investigating AI-generated content and manipulated media. It combines AI assessment of images and selected video frames with image diagnostics, EXIF/GPS, Content Credentials, audio spectrograms, text analysis, saved projects and reports.
What can media intelligence and diagnostics tell me?
They help you develop observations to verify: recorded metadata, visible image details, audio patterns, video moments and text references. They can also reveal missing context, but they do not prove a claim on their own. See analysis in practice.
How do I get started, and why does How-to & FAQ open first?
Choose Deepfake Detection to investigate an image or video, or open Images, Video, Audio or Text for specific tools. Open a supported file, drop it into the source panel or paste text into Text. The How-to & FAQ guide introduces the available workflows.
Does PixLab Forensic remember my last workspace?
Yes, when browser storage is available. The last primary tab is remembered. Save your sources and findings in a project before closing; resume a saved project from the guide or Manage workspace. See projects and reports.
How can I make the text larger?
Use Aa (Text size) in the header or Manage > Settings. Choose 100%, 115%, 130% or 150%; the preference is remembered locally when storage is available.
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Images, metadata & location
How do I read EXIF metadata from an image online?
Open the image in Images and review the Metadata panel. Supported fields include camera make/model, capture date, software tags and GPS when present. See image diagnostics and EXIF.
Can I examine a photo without EXIF metadata?
Yes. You can still inspect visible detail, use ELA, JPEG and noise diagnostics, compare hashes and request AI assessment. Missing EXIF does not establish authenticity, and metadata tools cannot recover absent fields.
Can I find where and when a photograph was taken?
PixLab Forensic can read recorded dates and GPS coordinates when they exist. Recorded values can be edited, so corroborate them. The optional map and AI location estimate are separate actions. See location intelligence.
Can PixLab Forensic estimate an image's location without GPS?
Yes, through an explicit connected image question. The service can reason from landmarks, signs and visible details, but the result is only a hypothesis and does not recover missing GPS.
Are image tampering analysis and Content Credentials available?
Yes. Image tools include ELA, JPEG quantization-table diagnostics, noise-variance overlays, embedded-thumbnail comparison and hashes. Content Credentials tools read available C2PA claims and check supported claim signatures. They do not validate image-byte binding, certificate trust or revocation. See forensic capabilities.
Can I check whether an image has been edited?
Inspect ELA, JPEG diagnostics, noise-variance overlays and embedded thumbnails for inconsistencies. Compare metadata and hashes with the source context. Compression, resizing and ordinary edits can create similar patterns, so these indicators do not independently prove manipulation. See image diagnostics.
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AI, deepfakes & media analysis
How does PixLab Forensic support deepfake detection?
Open an image or video in Deepfake Detection. Review provenance and image diagnostics, then request connected AI assessment of the image or a selected video frame. A compatible service can return a verdict, confidence, explanation and signals. A frame result applies only to that frame. See deepfake analysis.
Can it tell whether text, audio or video is AI-generated?
Automated AI-generation detection for text, audio and complete videos is not available. For video investigations, capture and assess selected frames individually. Audio offers waveforms and spectrograms; Text offers reference analysis and optional AI review of an excerpt rather than an AI-writing detector.
Can I ask AI questions about an image?
Yes, when connected AI is enabled and configured. Ask about visible content, scene context, metadata or possible location. Each request is submitted explicitly and should be checked against the source.
What can I learn from audio waveform analysis?
Use the waveform and local FFT spectrogram to locate passages, pauses, transitions and level changes. Click the spectrogram to seek and follow the playback cursor. They do not identify speakers or prove an edit. See audio analysis.
What video analysis tools are available?
Play, pause and seek supported video, capture timestamped JPEG frames, inspect a frame in Images or Deepfake Detection and return to its parent recording. A capture records its timestamp, dimensions, encoding settings and hash. Optional AI assessment applies to the selected frame. See video review.
What can I analyze in the Text tab?
Paste text or import TXT/Markdown up to 5 MB. Current tools include:
Word, character and line counts.
Case-insensitive search and click-to-passage navigation.
URL, email and date/time candidates plus a restorable original.
Optional connected review sends a limited excerpt and links returned quotations to their source passages. Preserve originals, working revisions and notes in a project. The Text workspace is not an AI-writing detector. See text analysis.
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Files, privacy & session behavior
Which media and text formats can I open?
Image display, metadata extraction, audio decoding and video playback depend on browser/library support. Text accepts TXT, Markdown and pasted text up to 5 MB. PDF and Word are not supported by the current Text workspace.
Does examining a file upload it to a server?
Image diagnostics, playback, frame capture, spectrograms, text inspection and report generation run in the browser. Requested AI assessment sends the selected image or frame; oversized images use a temporary upload. Image questions send a preview and context, and connected text review sends a limited excerpt. Online maps make separate basemap requests.
When does the workbench connect to the map service?
Only after connected services are enabled and you choose Map, Split or Show on map. Opening a GPS-tagged image alone does not connect to OpenFreeMap; local GPS extraction still works while connected services are blocked.
Are my files, text and findings saved after a refresh?
Save a project to retain examined sources, notes, text revisions, captured frames and available findings in this browser. Use Resume a project on the guide or reopen saved sources from Manage. Unsaved work clears on refresh, and clearing browser storage removes saved projects. See projects and reports.
Can I keep several sources open at once?
Yes. Open or batch-import several sources, then switch between them during the session. SHA-256 and MD5 identify exact matches, while dHash comparisons highlight visually similar session images for review.
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Projects, reports & trust boundaries
What can I manage in Users & Profile and App Data?
Optional local display name and interface preferences.
Local projects and manifest import/export.
MD5/SHA-256 hash sets and connected-service controls.
The local profile is not an account. Preference export excludes media, findings and service configuration. See projects & app data.
Can I export a forensic report?
Yes. Report can produce:
JSON evidence bundle with hashes, metadata, parameters and notes.
Print-ready report that can be saved as PDF through the browser.
Source files are not embedded, and the report is not an authenticity certificate.
Does the entity graph show relationships from my files?
Yes. The entity graph uses recorded metadata and source identity from examined files. Select a source node to return to its workspace. When there is no examined source data, the graph shows an explicitly labelled demonstration. See source relationships.
Can the workbench prove that media is authentic?
No single metadata field, visual signal or AI response proves authenticity. Treat the workbench as a way to develop observations and questions, then corroborate them with source context and independent evidence.
Is PixLab Forensic free, and do I need an account?
Browser tools are free and require no account or desktop installation. Optional connected AI depends on service availability, sign-in requirements and applicable plan limits. Online maps do not require a map token.
Is PixLab Forensic useful for OSINT, journalism and investigations?
Yes. Journalists, fact-checkers, OSINT researchers, investigators and media reviewers can examine source context, investigate suspected synthetic media, record observations and export reports. Check findings against independent evidence and your organization's review procedures.
PixLab Forensic · Free browser workbench
Start your next media investigation
Investigate an image or video, examine the available provenance, assess a selected frame and record what you find. Bring audio review, text references and exported reports into the same investigation.
