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rock-reed · 10-13-2007, 10:28 PM

HELP: Capturing Hi-Res stills from 1920x1080 video

What is the best way to watch a video and capture HI-RES (1920x1080) sharp, vibrant stills as I watch the video??

VLC seems to be a decent option...but the quality of the stills/jpgs does not seem to be very high.

Any suggestions?

tony286 · 10-13-2007, 11:09 PM

if your shooting progressive that will make a big difference.Sony vegas is great at pulling stills.

Bird · 10-13-2007, 11:12 PM

pause and screen cap

rock-reed · 10-13-2007, 11:29 PM

Vegas works great...but I need alot of stills...

maybe 200... from a 30 min video...

It would take forever that way.

I need a video player or tool that will let me capture on the fly.

ANY IDEAS?

PiffStenis · 10-13-2007, 11:53 PM

If you have Premier Pro - you can do it in that.

Jim_Gunn · 10-14-2007, 08:53 AM

Frame-Shots.com has an app that will automatically make a lot of screencaps from a video file. I use a much older version of this same app that used to be called Snatch-It before they renamed it to Frame-Shots.

Of course, if you really want high quality screen caps you will ideally want to de-interlace the video, take screen caps by hand so that you find the best lit shots that have no motion blur with the utility you are using and then color correct, sharpen and brighten the images in Photoshop if necessary.

rock-reed · 10-14-2007, 09:26 AM

Jimm----What is the best way to sharpen and brighten an entire directory of pics in Photoshop?

Thanks

tony286 · 10-14-2007, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rock-reed

Vegas works great...but I need alot of stills...

maybe 200... from a 30 min video...

It would take forever that way.

I need a video player or tool that will let me capture on the fly.

ANY IDEAS?

Go into tools then scripting then render image sequence.Tell it how often you want it to pull a frame and it will do 30 mins of video very quickly. Make sure the video viewer is set to best.

mikesouth · 10-14-2007, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn

Frame-Shots.com has an app that will automatically make a lot of screencaps from a video file. I use a much older version of this same app that used to be called Snatch-It before they renamed it to Frame-Shots.

Of course, if you really want high quality screen caps you will ideally want to de-interlace the video, take screen caps by hand so that you find the best lit shots that have no motion blur with the utility you are using and then color correct, sharpen and brighten the images in Photoshop if necessary.

mikesouth · 10-14-2007, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rock-reed

Jimm----What is the best way to sharpen and brighten an entire directory of pics in Photoshop?

Thanks

I aint jim but the answer to you question is to create an action in photoshop then go into automate/batch

you can perform that action on every file in a directory for instance

tony286 · 10-14-2007, 10:20 AM

If you know when you are shooting video,your going to be doing video captures also.There a things you can do to up the quailty. If your cam has it shoot progressive and bump your shutter speed up.You will get less blurr and of course lots of lights.

RawAlex · 10-14-2007, 10:40 AM

What are you viewing the video with?

serguei · 10-14-2007, 10:47 AM

You can get enough good quality from the video:
1. If You use progressive camera!
2. If The video has been shoted from the tripod.
I am sorry, but it is not possible to get quality images from the interlaced cameras.... Only if you need small size picture...

Jim_Gunn · 10-14-2007, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by serguei

I am sorry, but it is not possible to get quality images from the interlaced cameras.... Only if you need small size picture...

One just has to deinterlace the video or the images first. The amount of light and the original quality of the video as shoot obviously matters a lot.

Jim_Gunn · 10-14-2007, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikesouth

I aint jim but the answer to you question is to create an action in photoshop then go into automate/batch

you can perform that action on every file in a directory for instance

Exactly. Same idea to add watermarks to hi-res still images. First one separates the horizontal and vertical images, then create an action for each watermark (horiz & vert) and then run automate/batch process on each of the folders containing the horiz & vert images.

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rock-reed Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,892	Capturing Hi-Res stills from 1920x1080 video HELP: Capturing Hi-Res stills from 1920x1080 video What is the best way to watch a video and capture HI-RES (1920x1080) sharp, vibrant stills as I watch the video?? VLC seems to be a decent option...but the quality of the stills/jpgs does not seem to be very high. Any suggestions? __________________ --- Ethnic niche? Black-Asian-Latina ? Contact me and lets talk traffic. rockreed@ that thing they call the google mail When you E-mail Me, PLZZZZ make the Subject Title: >>>>>> GFY! So I do not lose you in Spam.

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10-13-2007, 11:29 PM	#4
rock-reed Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,892	Vegas works great...but I need alot of stills... maybe 200... from a 30 min video... It would take forever that way. I need a video player or tool that will let me capture on the fly. ANY IDEAS? __________________ --- Ethnic niche? Black-Asian-Latina ? Contact me and lets talk traffic. rockreed@ that thing they call the google mail When you E-mail Me, PLZZZZ make the Subject Title: >>>>>> GFY! So I do not lose you in Spam.

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Jim_Gunn Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Where The Teens Are Posts: 5,702	Frame-Shots.com has an app that will automatically make a lot of screencaps from a video file. I use a much older version of this same app that used to be called Snatch-It before they renamed it to Frame-Shots. Of course, if you really want high quality screen caps you will ideally want to de-interlace the video, take screen caps by hand so that you find the best lit shots that have no motion blur with the utility you are using and then color correct, sharpen and brighten the images in Photoshop if necessary. Last edited by Jim_Gunn; 10-14-2007 at 08:54 AM..

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rock-reed Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,892	Jimm----What is the best way to sharpen and brighten an entire directory of pics in Photoshop? Thanks __________________ --- Ethnic niche? Black-Asian-Latina ? Contact me and lets talk traffic. rockreed@ that thing they call the google mail When you E-mail Me, PLZZZZ make the Subject Title: >>>>>> GFY! So I do not lose you in Spam.

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tony286 lurker Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: atlanta Posts: 57,021	if your shooting progressive that will make a big difference.Sony vegas is great at pulling stills.

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PiffStenis Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 484	If you have Premier Pro - you can do it in that.

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tony286 lurker Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: atlanta Posts: 57,021	If you know when you are shooting video,your going to be doing video captures also.There a things you can do to up the quailty. If your cam has it shoot progressive and bump your shutter speed up.You will get less blurr and of course lots of lights.

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RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	What are you viewing the video with?

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serguei Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hungary Posts: 802	You can get enough good quality from the video: 1. If You use progressive camera! 2. If The video has been shoted from the tripod. I am sorry, but it is not possible to get quality images from the interlaced cameras.... Only if you need small size picture... __________________ RevshareCash.com FREE HOSTED GALLERIES! 55% Payout! Unique content - Defloration, underwater nudity & naked gymnasts!