does anybody know how to obtain stills from a movie?
the print screen button is designed not to work in this case. I can always take a picture of the screen but it is never sharp enough.
any tricks you know would be greatly appreciated.
a-f
Sep 21, 05 7:36 am
Depends on what player you are using I guess. Mine (ASUSDVD) has a "capture image" button, which copies the image to the print screen buffer. I don't know exactly how the hardware works, but I suspect that a DVD player uses another part of the RAM than the ordinary screen buffer, thereby disabling the print screen trick. You need some proper software to get around this.
you can just hit the 'Print Screen' button, open photoshop, hit CTRL+N (it'll open the right size), CTRL+V, bingo!
Or you can get a program like SnagIt, which lets you draw a window and capture certain parts. It also lets you record what you are seeing (great for webcams ;-)
On a similar note, is there anyway to cut up a dvd movie to edit it? I have super-8 film that hopefully is being put onto a dvd that I need to both get stills from and also in the future edit. Possible? I have no idea what the restrictions will be on the dvd.
todd
Sep 21, 05 11:39 am
ask the person placing the super-8 on dvd to burn you the .avi file then you could do whatever in premiere.
MONARK
Sep 21, 05 11:39 am
If you are trying to capture stills...use DVD/divx as A-F recommended above. There is an icon on their toolbar that allows you to do this. First designate where you want the stills to be saved to and then manually press the icon at the intervals desired. Another handy tool is then to open your folder with the stills using the 'automate' tool in photoshop ['file'- 'automate' - 'contact sheet' ] to have photoshop auto create contact sheets for you. Very helpful when analyzing large sections of a film!
If you actually want to bring the film into a program to edit or such you will have to 'crack' your dvd. Download a dvd decoder/crack program.
A Center for Ants?
Sep 21, 05 12:36 pm
WinDVD can do screen captures... i have some kickass kill bill ones. but then you also realize that DVD resolution is still far from good.
Carl Douglas (agfa8x)
Sep 21, 05 4:31 pm
guiggster: once you have your footage transferred to dvd, it won't be too hard to get it back onto the computer to edit. It will just take a little time (depending on how much footage there is). Bear in mind though, that the footage on the DVD will be compressed (more or less depending on how it was made). The raw super8 transfer will be of higher quality, but will be enormous. This probably won't be a problem unless you have special requirements, but just FYI.
guiggster
Sep 21, 05 6:58 pm
The film in question is only about 10 minutes long (as each 3.5 minute of Super-8 costs about $30 [film and processing]) but how do I get it into the format to edit? Do I do what todd_ufl says and ask the guy for the .avi file? Or what?
does anybody know how to obtain stills from a movie?
the print screen button is designed not to work in this case. I can always take a picture of the screen but it is never sharp enough.
any tricks you know would be greatly appreciated.
Depends on what player you are using I guess. Mine (ASUSDVD) has a "capture image" button, which copies the image to the print screen buffer. I don't know exactly how the hardware works, but I suspect that a DVD player uses another part of the RAM than the ordinary screen buffer, thereby disabling the print screen trick. You need some proper software to get around this.
Tried this? Found it via download.com
Artisan DVD/DivX Player
you can just hit the 'Print Screen' button, open photoshop, hit CTRL+N (it'll open the right size), CTRL+V, bingo!
Or you can get a program like SnagIt, which lets you draw a window and capture certain parts. It also lets you record what you are seeing (great for webcams ;-)
DVD capture for mac... PC users?
On a similar note, is there anyway to cut up a dvd movie to edit it? I have super-8 film that hopefully is being put onto a dvd that I need to both get stills from and also in the future edit. Possible? I have no idea what the restrictions will be on the dvd.
ask the person placing the super-8 on dvd to burn you the .avi file then you could do whatever in premiere.
If you are trying to capture stills...use DVD/divx as A-F recommended above. There is an icon on their toolbar that allows you to do this. First designate where you want the stills to be saved to and then manually press the icon at the intervals desired. Another handy tool is then to open your folder with the stills using the 'automate' tool in photoshop ['file'- 'automate' - 'contact sheet' ] to have photoshop auto create contact sheets for you. Very helpful when analyzing large sections of a film!
If you actually want to bring the film into a program to edit or such you will have to 'crack' your dvd. Download a dvd decoder/crack program.
WinDVD can do screen captures... i have some kickass kill bill ones. but then you also realize that DVD resolution is still far from good.
guiggster: once you have your footage transferred to dvd, it won't be too hard to get it back onto the computer to edit. It will just take a little time (depending on how much footage there is). Bear in mind though, that the footage on the DVD will be compressed (more or less depending on how it was made). The raw super8 transfer will be of higher quality, but will be enormous. This probably won't be a problem unless you have special requirements, but just FYI.
The film in question is only about 10 minutes long (as each 3.5 minute of Super-8 costs about $30 [film and processing]) but how do I get it into the format to edit? Do I do what todd_ufl says and ask the guy for the .avi file? Or what?
I'll try the artisan dvd player
thanks a lot
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