Capture a "still"

psionman · Post by **psionman** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:55 pm

Sorry if this has been asked before

Is it possible to capture a still from a video and save it as a jpg or something. This might be useful for menus or cd labels

Thanks

NoM.O · Post by **NoM.O** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:15 pm

In clip mode, just hit 'Save as Still Image' to capture the current frame to your working folder.

peace.

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:53 pm

You can specify in 'Preferences' whether you want to save the still as a .jpg or a .bmp.

In 'Project' mode you need to click on "Tools > > Save current frame as image" - this will save whatever you have in the preview window as a still image - in case you need a still of a frame with overlay and title etc. showing

psionman · Post by **psionman** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:55 pm

Thanks guys

But when I do that the image is compressed to half the width, but full height

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:03 pm

do you have 'keep aspect ratio' selected under the 'edit' tab in 'Preferences'

psionman · Post by **psionman** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:05 pm

BrianCee wrote:do you have 'keep aspect ratio' selected under the 'edit' tab in 'Preferences'

Yes Brian - I do

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:19 pm

Hmm - I've never had that happen so I'm a bit lost - does it still look wrong in your Photo manipulation package (PhotoShop or whatever).

psionman · Post by **psionman** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:23 pm

BrianCee wrote:Hmm - I've never had that happen so I'm a bit lost - does it still look wrong in your Photo manipulation package (PhotoShop or whatever).

Yes it does

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kebrinton · Post by **kebrinton** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:20 am

Hi psionman --

I know you said "half the width, full height" but is it really that drastic a distortion? Mine was smaller and the reverse.

I discovered that the "Save as Still Image" option made my daughter look 9% shorter, thus quite a bit fatter. Not knowing why the distortion was happening, I simply added 9-10% to her height using Photoshop and went on from there.

There are actually two ways to save a still image from video footage. One is the one mentioned above, under Tools; the other occurs under Clip. Either of these is sometimes greyed out but I've never taken the trouble to figure out why.

The distortion was easily noticeable because, keeping the video frame selected, I could switch from Project (video) to Clip (still) and see the squashing-lengthening toggle back and forth.

In my case, I did not get consistent results using the recommended setting "Keep aspect ratio."

tommytucker · Post by **tommytucker** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:20 pm

I had some overlays and title stuff on top of a still in the video line. Could not figure out how to save that 'stack' of an image so that I could create a DVD jacket cover. That is a great tip on how to do that.

tommytucker · Post by **tommytucker** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:22 pm

Do most of you prefer saving in JPG or BMP? Which is better quality and will display better on a TV for a video or slideshow project?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:36 pm

IMHO, both will display equally well, presuming they are both of roughly the same quality, crispness etc to start with. But in technical terms, I suppose you could say that a BMP is a better format (not necessarily better quality) since it is not 'lossy'. JPEG, on the other hand, is definitely lossy, which means that each time you manipulate it by editing it, rendering it etc, it will lose some quality.

wywso0 · Post by **wywso0** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:17 pm

Do you know roughly what picture quality JPEGs captured from VS10+ are? Sometimes you get a shot on video that would be really nice to have as a print (even if only a small print), and it'd be useful to have an idea of what the max. acceptable print size might be.

Thanks
Bill S

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:26 pm

Hi

When you Clip-Save as Still Image you are actually saving the video as an image, the image will be the same as the frame size which should be (pal 720 x 567)

If you select ‘Project Playback’

Then Tools—Save Current Frame as Image you will save the frame as seen.

Using 4:3 you will get 768 x 576
Using widescreen this will be 1024 x 576

The difference may be causing your problem.

The difference is caused by video studio using ‘Non Square Pixel Rendering’
720 x 567 is stretched to fit 768 x 576 and 1024 x 576 respectively.(which is 4:3)

I always use Tools- Save Current Frame as Image

Hope this helps

Trevor

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:36 pm

wywso0 wrote:Do you know roughly what picture quality JPEGs captured from VS10+ are? Sometimes you get a shot on video that would be really nice to have as a print (even if only a small print), and it'd be useful to have an idea of what the max. acceptable print size might be.

Thanks
Bill S

Hi

The image size will be the same as the frame size. (768 x 576 ) pixels

Jpeg compression is at 100 full quality, with a file size about 200 kb
Bmp are about 1,200 Kb

A reasonable print at 150 dpi will give you an image approx 5in x 4in
A good print at 200 dpi---------3.8in x 2.8 in

Trevor

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Capture a "still"

Capture a "still"

Thanks for that great tip on saving a still image in Project

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