taking screen shots of videos

FabianN · Post by **FabianN** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:28 am

I wounder how you can take a screen shot of the video.

When ever I try, all I get is black where the video should be.

Is there some kind of program that I need, or is there just a trick that I don't know?

aznfs · Post by **aznfs** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:11 am

if ure trying to pic a screencap via WMP then u can just hit ctrl+i and WMP will ask u where u want to save the image file. But it captures the image at the original resolution

norskotaku · Post by **norskotaku** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:43 am

when I need to get a single frame out of a video I use virtualdub. load the video in vdub, find the frame you're looking for, and then under the video menu select "copy source frame to clipboard" (or press ctrl+1) and then open the image editing software of your choice and paste the image into a new document. (for me this means opening photoshop, creating a new document, and hitting ctrl+v)

doing it this way allows you to be extra picky about what frame you want, where as trying to capture it through a media player would seem too tricky, as I assume you're trying to pause the video at the right moment first.

note, if you do try this, I've noticed it won't copy the frame to the clipboard unless I manually select the frame. in other words, I scroll through the file to find the clip I'm looking for, but until I hit the frame forward or frame back button, it won't copy anything.

CerebralAssamite · Post by **CerebralAssamite** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:58 am

WinDVD has an option to take a pic of the dvd. Just thought id share that.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:36 am

PowerDVD also has a screencap function -- just hit "C" and the current frame is copied to the clipboard.

Kajino Rei · Post by **Kajino Rei** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:05 am

If you're using the WMP then just hit the "Print Screen/SysRq" button (it's in the top of the key board).

That usually does it for me.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:07 am

Kajino Rei wrote:If you're using the WMP then just hit the "Print Screen/SysRq" button (it's in the top of the key board).

That usually does it for me.

That approach usually produces the "black screen where the video should be" problem for most people, from what I've heard (here) and seen (on my own comp).

Kajino Rei · Post by **Kajino Rei** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:13 am

Scintilla

That approach usually produces the "black screen where the video should be" problem for most people, from what I've heard (here) and seen (on my own comp

Sometimes.
It's not the norm in my case to have problems with this.
When it works the results are great.
Got a perfect shot out of FFVII: Advent Children that way.

Cloud...

FabianN · Post by **FabianN** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:06 pm

you all have been a great help. I will try those methods out when I got time

shirohamada · Post by **shirohamada** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 12:24 pm

virtualdubmod.
straight to PNG