Reimagining Precision for Aerial Color Detection

After countless hours of dedicated development, we have completely reimagined one of our most critical tools: Colorfinder. We wanted to create a next-generation tool that didn’t just detect colors, but truly understood them. The new Colorfinder marks a leap forward in precision color analysis, collaborative design, and field usability.

Designed for Field Intelligence

The new Colorfinder operates in a dedicated full-screen workspace within your Nova project, giving users a distraction-free environment for deep visual analysis. Every feature was built for the real-world demands of aerial data collection, turning complex imagery into detected anomalies and actionable insights.

Optimal data collection for Colorfinder happens between 200–330 feet, depending on geography and camera systems. Fly too low, and you risk collecting too much irrelevant data. Fly too high, and you might miss crucial anomalies. 

And for those working in the field? Colorfinder is optimized for low connectivity environments. As long as you’ve got a minimal connection (just one bar), you can run the algorithm locally on your laptop saving valuable upload time when working with large datasets. This allows efficient analysis in the field which may be ideal for search missions, rural investigations, or disaster-response deployments.

Introducing Smart Color Analysis

Image Color Picker

The new image color picker makes it easy to extract precise color swatches from individual images. Pinpoint any hue directly from an image, adjust saturation and brightness, and save it as a reusable color swatch. The selected area is automatically highlighted with a bounding box, enabling you to filter and search for matching colors across your dataset. You can even compare against previously uploaded images for consistency or collaborative review.

Anomaly Filter

Traditional color detection struggles in real-world conditions — shadows, glare, and color noise can blur distinctions and hide what matters most. Nova’s new Anomaly Filter changes that.

By analyzing each pixel in context — comparing its values to the pixels around it — Nova identifies subtle irregularities and highlights areas of higher intensity, even when the hue appears identical.

Unlike standard color detection, the Anomaly Filter also detects shades of white and black, making it exceptional at spotting light objects on dark surfaces and vice versa — perfect for uncovering evidence or clues in complex environments like crime scenes.

Whether you’re looking for a missing person in mixed terrain, scanning a crime scene for hidden evidence, or analyzing aerial imagery for out-of-place objects, the anomaly filter reveals color patterns outside the normal range bringing those hidden details to the surface.

A Timeline Built for Collaboration

Editor-Style Timeline

This is a timeline built for collaboration. Colorfinder now introduces an interactive video timeline built for analytical precision.

• View timecodes, color channels, anomaly markers, and comments all at once.

• Jump instantly to a specific timestamp.

• Expand the timeline to see more detail across color and anomaly channels.

• Use the comments timeline to write notes, assign statuses, and reply to teammates directly within the project. Each comment is color-coded to show its status and clicking on a comment can instantly take you to that moment in the video.

Map Integration

Color analysis doesn’t stop at detection. With the new update, users can place points directly on images or anomaly maps, linking visual findings to real-world locations. Combined with the zoom feature, this turns Colorfinder into a powerful investigative map interface letting teams not just see the colors, but understand where and why they appear.

The Future of Visual Intelligence

Colorfinder isn’t just a technical upgrade; it’s a collaboration tool for real teams in the field. You can now share images, color swatches, and notes across teams to build a shared understanding of the scene. Whether working from a command center or in the field with a laptop, every user is seeing the same data, the same anomalies, and the same opportunities for action. Every enhancement was built to reflect our mission: find clues that count. 

Finally, we want to extend a sincere thank-you to our clients and field partners. Your feedback, patience, and insights helped shape this new generation of Colorfinder. You’ve challenged us to make it faster, smarter, and more intuitive — and because of you, it is.