SOFTWARE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF FORENSIC PORTRAIT EXAMINATION: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
The state of forensic portrait examination support in the Republic of Belarus with various software products is analyzed. The authors describe the progress, content and results of a comparative study of the capabilities of individual general-purpose graphic and text editors used by experts in conducting forensic portrait examinations (Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, CorelDRAW) using the detailed research methods as follows: visual comparison of signs with their subsequent marking, matching using masks, matching using overlaying coordinate grids, matching relative values etc. The article provides the information about alternative, freely distributed graphic editors, the possibilities of their use in the framework of forensic portrait examination. The possibilities of specialized software products developed for the purpose of forensic portrait examination are highlighted. The toolkit and capabilities of the VisoSoft software product are described