C2PA Guides
Learn what Content Credentials can prove, what they cannot prove, and how to inspect them without uploading your files.
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3 guidesWhat Is C2PA?
Learn how the open C2PA standard works, how digital manifests record provenance, what Content Credentials prove, and their technical limits.
What Are Content Credentials?
Understand Content Credentials: how they carry tamper-evident media provenance, where they are stored, and what they verify.
What Is a C2PA Manifest?
Understand C2PA manifests: how manifest stores organize active and ingredient manifests, JUMBF/CBOR packaging, and cryptographic bindings.
Check & Verify
3 guidesHow to Check C2PA Content Credentials
Step-by-step guide to checking C2PA Content Credentials in images, videos, audio, and PDFs. Understand the 5 verification statuses without uploading files for inspection.
How C2PA Verification Works
Deep dive into C2PA verification: validation layers, cryptographic asset bindings, signature checks, and the critical difference between Valid and Trusted.
Did Your Social Media Upload Keep Its C2PA Content Credentials?
Learn how to check whether your image or video still contains readable C2PA Content Credentials after social media sharing. Compare the original file with the shared copy using C2PA Lab.
Technical Concepts
2 guidesC2PA Metadata Explained
How does C2PA metadata differ from EXIF, XMP, and IPTC? Learn why cryptographic bindings prevent tampering and what happens when metadata is stripped.
C2PA Camera Support
Learn how camera hardware provenance works, which camera workflows support signed Content Credentials, and how to verify camera photos.
Compare
2 guidesC2PA vs Content Credentials
Understand the difference: C2PA is the open technical specification; Content Credentials are the signed provenance records you inspect.
C2PA vs SynthID and Watermarking
C2PA vs SynthID: compare cryptographic provenance with AI watermarks. Learn how hard and soft bindings work and how both approaches complement each other.
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