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3 Weeks Ago
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| | Snapshot From Movie Clips How do I capture a snapshot from .MPG movie clips that I got from my camera. I play them using Windows Media Player. I'm using Vista Home Premium. Thanks, CB -- C and A Bredt |
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| | Re: Snapshot From Movie Clips C and A Bredt wrote: Quote: > How do I capture a snapshot from .MPG movie clips that I got from my > camera. I play them using Windows Media Player. > I'm using Vista Home Premium. > > Thanks, CB Movie Maker has an option to do video captures... Tools / Take Picture from preview...or left click the Take Picture icon below the view screen. And maybe the following article would be worth a look... How to Capture Screenshots from Windows Media Player http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archi...-media-player/ Also have a look at the Vista Snipping Tool: Windows Vista - Activate Vista's Snipping Tool http://www.pcworld.com/article/13709...ping_tool.html Use Snipping Tool to capture screen shots http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...e-screen-shots Vista Tutorial - How to use the Snipping Tool in Vista How to use the Snipping Tool in Vista -- J. Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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| | Re: Snapshot From Movie Clips "John Inzer" <oobie@newsgroup> wrote in message news:usUm1cnWKHA.3428@newsgroup Quote: >C and A Bredt wrote: Quote: >> How do I capture a snapshot from .MPG movie clips that I got from my >> camera. I play them using Windows Media Player. >> I'm using Vista Home Premium. >> >> Thanks, CB > Movie Maker has an option to do video captures... > Tools / Take Picture from preview...or left click > the Take Picture icon below the view screen. > > And maybe the following article would be worth a look... > > How to Capture Screenshots from Windows Media Player > http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archi...-media-player/ > > Also have a look at the Vista Snipping Tool: > > Windows Vista - > Activate Vista's Snipping Tool > http://www.pcworld.com/article/13709...ping_tool.html > > Use Snipping Tool to capture screen shots > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...e-screen-shots > > Vista Tutorial - How to use the Snipping Tool in Vista > How to use the Snipping Tool in Vista > > -- > > J. Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience > > Notice > This is not tech support > I am a volunteer > > Solutions that work for > me may not work for you > > Proceed at your own risk > Not good enough to print. I have my Sony 8.1 MP camera set at its highest settings and it takes and prints great stills. The movie clips are good viewed on the computer. I have not tried this before. Might I get better results purchasing a capture program? Thanks for your help, CB |
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| | Re: Snapshot From Movie Clips C and A Bredt wrote: Quote: > I tried all of the things you suggested and the results are fair at > best. Not good enough to print. > I have my Sony 8.1 MP camera set at its highest settings and it takes > and prints great stills. The movie clips are good viewed on the > computer. > I have not tried this before. Might I get better results purchasing a > capture program? > > Thanks for your help, > CB The only thing you can get with screen capture is exactly what you see on the screen...it will never equal a best quality photo from an 8 MP camera. Not to mention the fact that video is not that sharp anyway when paused. I can tell you...in Movie Maker...you get a better screen capture when the video is played from the collection pane that when it's played from the timeline. You could certainly try a more sophisticated app but I suspect you will not see that much improvement. If you do a Google search for something like: 'capture video still shots' you should find some software to try. Good luck. -- J. Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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| | Re: Snapshot From Movie Clips Thanks for your help. CB -- C and A Bredt "John Inzer" <oobie@newsgroup> wrote in message news:%23KCsUT0WKHA.3428@newsgroup Quote: >C and A Bredt wrote: Quote: >> I tried all of the things you suggested and the results are fair at >> best. Not good enough to print. >> I have my Sony 8.1 MP camera set at its highest settings and it takes >> and prints great stills. The movie clips are good viewed on the >> computer. >> I have not tried this before. Might I get better results purchasing a >> capture program? >> >> Thanks for your help, >> CB > The only thing you can get with screen capture > is exactly what you see on the screen...it will > never equal a best quality photo from an 8 MP > camera. Not to mention the fact that video is > not that sharp anyway when paused. > > I can tell you...in Movie Maker...you get a better > screen capture when the video is played from > the collection pane that when it's played from > the timeline. > > You could certainly try a more sophisticated > app but I suspect you will not see that much > improvement. > > If you do a Google search for something like: > 'capture video still shots' > you should find some software to try. > > Good luck. > > -- > > J. Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience > > Notice > This is not tech support > I am a volunteer > > Solutions that work for > me may not work for you > > Proceed at your own risk > |
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| Vista home premium 32bit | Re: Snapshot From Movie Clips  Quote: Originally Posted by C and A Bredt  Thanks for your help. CB -- C and A Bredt "John Inzer" <oobie@newsgroup> wrote in message news:%23KCsUT0WKHA.3428@newsgroup Quote: >C and A Bredt wrote: Quote: >> I tried all of the things you suggested and the results are fair at >> best. Not good enough to print. >> I have my Sony 8.1 MP camera set at its highest settings and it takes >> and prints great stills. The movie clips are good viewed on the >> computer. >> I have not tried this before. Might I get better results purchasing a >> capture program? >> >> Thanks for your help, >> CB > The only thing you can get with screen capture > is exactly what you see on the screen...it will > never equal a best quality photo from an 8 MP > camera. Not to mention the fact that video is > not that sharp anyway when paused. > > I can tell you...in Movie Maker...you get a better > screen capture when the video is played from > the collection pane that when it's played from > the timeline. > > You could certainly try a more sophisticated > app but I suspect you will not see that much > improvement. > > If you do a Google search for something like: > 'capture video still shots' > you should find some software to try. > > Good luck. > > -- > > J. Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience > > Notice > This is not tech support > I am a volunteer > > Solutions that work for > me may not work for you > > Proceed at your own risk > One other thing you can try is to stop the movie where you want to take the snip and make a snip with the snipping tool. Use .png as file format. They come out a little better than .jpeg. |
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