Gamera sez hi...
Posted on 09/18/2006 7:41:31 AM PDT by pissant
Can anyone give me advice on how to capture a still from a video and convert it to a jpeg or gif file. Thanks in advance.
Pick the video.
Hit Play and let video roll to desired spot.
Hit Pause.
Take snapshot with digital camera.
Download snapshot from digital camera to computer.
I just tried that. I don't seem to have that option in my view/DVD features menu.
If you're looking to capture an external source like a video tape, you'll need a video capture card, sometimes called a TV tuner card and the appropriate software, which it will likely come with. They're not very expensive and easy to set up.
install that, start your video then click Video/Snapshot... your file will be save in My Documents/My Pictures
enjoy. :)
look at post 24.. :)
Sweet. Downloading now.
Thanks.
pissant you need to stay off the online video porn websites
:-)
no problem, i just downloaded and installed it to make sure it works from a regular movie file and it does. :)
VLC player will save your pictures as a .png, thats ok isnt it? seems to save them with pretty decent quality also. :)
You need nothing, as long as you are running Windows, and the video is from an online source:
1. When the video shows what you want, press PrintScreen. This will copy the entire screen to the clipboard.
2. Open Windows Paint.
3. Select Edit/Paste.
4. Click the selection tool, then select the area you want to keep
5. Select Edit/Copy. Then select File/New to open a new window of Paint.
6. Select Edit/Paste, then resize the image area with the sizing handles to crop to the image you want to save.
7. Select File/Save, choose the format you want to save in, type a name for the file, then click OK.
If an image is on the screen in a Windows program, this trick will always work.
Where does it save the screen caps to? I looked at the help file and it says they go to the, "My pics." But they're not there. I also tried to change the destination file for them and they still won't go.
Thanks for your pointers. I'll play with it a bit and see if I can get it to work.
If not, I'll resort to Martin's method.
That doesn't work with DVDs though.
it should be in My Documents/My Pictures, did you find them?
No, but I was doing it wrong. I was trying to capture a paused movie. I didn't know that the movie had to be running to grab a pic.
ah, :)
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LOL!
Where *DID* you find that photo? In the "blonde secretary" joke file?
Cheers!
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