Extract still from film clip?

[mopalia]

I'm sure I've done this, but I can't remember how or with what.  So - how do you recommend pulling a still photo from a short film clip?  Is there a free download that will do it? TIA.

Comments

[vortex]

I use Openshot to grab stills. It's free and you can install it from the ppa -) HERE (-, or from Software Center or from Synaptic Package manager (though it seems at the moment there is a dependancy issue with both ways of installing, I have an older version).

There are apparently three ways of doing it:

Use Ctrl+D

1) load your clip in the project clips window.

2) Drag the clip to the timeline.

3) find the general area on the timeline where your image is.

4) zoom all of the way in on the timeline.

5) click on the image you want.

6) press cntrl+d and the image will appear in your project clips window. from there you can do whatever you want with it.

I haven't tried that method, but I saw that someone else used it from google.

The method I have been using:
Grab the image from the Preview window1) import the clip and drag it to the timeline

[benanov]

If you just need one for a one-time thing, a screenshot will work + a little GIMP to crop it.

Otherwise you may wish to see the other comments.

[dandelion]

Does that always work in Ubuntu? I know that in Windows if you take a screenshot of a video file, the video keeps playing in the screenshot and it doesn't work properly.

[benanov]

This isn't Windows, we don't do that DRM crap around these parts. If you can see it/hear it you can get a copy, which is why most stuff doesn't work in Linux - because it's defeatable.

(Flash notwithstanding, but you knew that when you installed it, right?)

I would assume you'd have paused the video.

[dandelion]

Fair enough, though I thought it wasn't a DRM thing but rather how hardware acceleration is implemented.