Basic Software for Image Grab from Video? (1 Viewer)

[Ruff-Leg]

I have been doing some simple video (hummingbirds mostly) with my bridge camera, and would like to capture some images from the video. M$ Media Player doesn't seem to offer that option, and their app - ClipChamp - looks to be more for content creators. Does anyone have a recommendation for basic video editing software that will allow me to trim a video and grab some images? I don't want to go into full-up studio sorts of programs.

Thanks!

 

[njlarsen]

The VLC media player is a free download and claims to be able to do what you need:

VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! - VideoLAN

www.videolan.org

Take Picture Snapshot of a Video Using VLC Media Player

Save snapshot files using VLC Media Player for the favorite parts of your video. Your video frame will be exported as an image.

www.vlchelp.com

Niels

 

[Ruff-Leg]

The VLC media player is a free download and claims to be able to do what you need:

VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! - VideoLAN

www.videolan.org

Take Picture Snapshot of a Video Using VLC Media Player

Save snapshot files using VLC Media Player for the favorite parts of your video. Your video frame will be exported as an image.

www.vlchelp.com

Niels

Cheers, Niels!

 

[S_Man]

Also you can slow the video by pressing the - key while playing it, to better find the best frame, pausing it, and taking a snapshot... + to accelerate of course. (At least with VLC)

 

[dakuan]

bear in mind that video is usually (or supposed to be!) recorded with a shutter speed of double the frame rate, so most often 2x24fps => 1/100. This will be blurry on stills, especially for a flying hummingbird! If you record video with a fast shutter speed so that every frame is sharp, the video will look odd and jerky. you can see an example here: