So I am an idiot, help me dammit!
 

Ok, I have programs to convert movies to different formats, I have programs to cut them into smaller clips............ ok I got that. NOW........

How in the HELL do I get a screencap from the damn things to use as a thumbnail for these damn things? Anyone know of a program or easy way to do this? This is driving me mad and takes up so much of my damn time. lol

I think Tenpgenc or something like that does it. I use Vegas, but that's overboard for what you want to do.

What format are the original movies in?

newb :1orglaugh

what Julian said!!

If you're running XP, just use Windows Movie Maker. About as simple as I can think ofM$

:1orglaugh

Snag it does work, does batches as well.

Oh you may need to turn off video accelleration in windows player to have adobe or whatnot grab them.

Tam, use Movie Snapshot. It's freeware. You can get it from here:
http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/...1-2-3-64.shtml

There's a program called VideoMatch. You can use it for free. It allows you to take screen caps from video.

Just open the video in the program, select the frame you would like to capture and file hahahaha>save input preview picture.

You can download it here: http://www.gromada.com/

Hope it helps!

kisses,

Milena

I have them in every format you can imagine....... wmv, divx or whatever, mpeg and everything else. Thanks to PaulMarkham, I can let anyone that even HAS a movie player see these bad boys...... LMAO

I want to use the wmvs on galleries and such and the better ones in the members areas of my sites. I like to give them options because I know not everyone has the same players. BUT to date, I have yet to have an easy way of pulling screenshots off them............ I DO it, but it's such a pain in my ass.

I WAS opening them in animation shop and getting them that way, but still a pain in the ass to do.... LOL

Try VirtualDub, it makes screencaps.

Snag It! has worked for me in the past

http://www.techsmith.com/

Vegas video or premiere will work just fine

try ACDSee 4.0 only:thumbsup

newb??????????? I'll newb you, you little fucker!! rotfl

ok ok ok, on SOME things, I guess I am a newb, but not all things....... give me a break, will ya? :1orglaugh

BS Player this will do it free.

Snatchit!

:thumbsup

I tried this one, and it makes this weird looking 4 frames in a box kind of snap, unless I am doing something wrong, which is likely, I can't get it to JUST pull me one image. It wants to put 4 on one........ does that make sense? lol

Yo do something wrong , man
i use this prog and it's works just fine

That's likely, as I said......... it looks all funky with 4 tiny screens on one thumb, no clarity at all. I can only assume there is some setting that does this, but I couldn't ever find it. lol