Taking Pictures of Captured Video

[ghost]

How do you do it and with what? I see Windows Movie Maker can do it, but none of my video is broken down into clips. It was last night, but not tonight. I have the box checked to allow clips to be created when you import video.

Any other programs I can use?

 

[Sasquatch69]

I use a very low-tech method, but it works if you don't need really high-res pics. Set your video hardware acceleration to "None" (this can be done from the Control Panel/Display/Advanced/Troubleshooting window). Then, when you are playing the clip, just hit the "Print Screen" key as soon as the moment you want to capture is playing. Then, paste the desktop image into Photoshop or other image editing software, and play with the contrast until you get it how you want it. You may need to play with this method for a while until you achieve optimum results.

 

[ghost]

Sas,

What kind of quality do you end up with using your method?

 

[Sasquatch69]

Not great, but for the resolutions I need (250-400px) they are sufficient. Anything larger than that and you probably need to go another route.