Image capture from video

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » March 10th, 2006, 16:27

Video editing is something I have never done so I have no idea how to capture images from it, either from DVD or AVI/MPG/MOV, which is the best and easiest way?

!!GO ANSWER BITCHES!!

wyrd · Post by **wyrd** » March 10th, 2006, 16:46

alot of the time things won't let you

and print screen doesn't work, but totem video player in linux will do it

Post by **Grimmie** » March 10th, 2006, 16:52

Importing it into a video editor, is usually the best way.. (Woo. Go logic?)
XP comes with a crude "Windows Movie Maker" which allows you to cut and swap bits around.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » March 10th, 2006, 16:57

Also, you could try VirtualDubMOD. Free and simple, but reasonably powerful.

Post by **Dog Pants** » March 10th, 2006, 16:58

Check out EO Video. I use it to convert movie files to animated GIFs and it very probably does stills. If I want to get a still off a DVD I use Power DVD.

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » March 10th, 2006, 17:06

try browsing on doom9 to see if there's anything there that might help.

Post by **FatherJack** » March 10th, 2006, 17:07

I use Ulead Video Studio (8 I think, but there's a new one now). Easily found on a floor near you.

It's quite a simple wizard-based thing, but it can copy from the DVDs my DVD Recorder makes, as well as real ones, although sometimes DVD Decrypter (free) is required to remove that pesky country-specific stuff.

You can chop clips up and drag them to the timeline - do some (admittedly rather crap) effects/titles and export. It is a bit crash-prone when exporting, but not too bad if you save often and learn its quirks.

I usually put the outputted file into Adobe Premier if I want to do some proper effects, but that's usually overkill for most projects.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » March 10th, 2006, 18:50

Grimmie wrote:Importing it into a video editor, is usually the best way.. (Woo. Go logic?)
XP comes with a crude "Windows Movie Maker" which allows you to cut and swap bits around.

Oh I didn't even think about that, it seems to do the job on video files, thanks Grimmie. But I'll have a look at the other software when I need to do something a bit more advanced. Cheers

Post by **Grimmie** » March 10th, 2006, 21:37

No problem!
Grimmie the cheap-student prevails again!

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » March 13th, 2006, 11:39

Premiere Pro,

Get it off the floor and enjoy all the wonderous features!

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » March 13th, 2006, 17:33

mrbobbins wrote:Premiere Pro,

Get it off the floor and enjoy all the wonderous features!

eww. bad bobbins.

honestly, vdub does almost anything you'll ever need (vdubmod adds functions and removes stability)

Post by **Joose** » March 13th, 2006, 21:49

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:
mrbobbins wrote:Premiere Pro,

Get it off the floor and enjoy all the wonderous features!
eww. bad bobbins.

honestly, vdub does almost anything you'll ever need (vdubmod adds functions and removes stability)

*remembers trying to edit with Premiere.*

*cries a little*

Duke of Ted · Post by **Duke of Ted** » April 28th, 2006, 13:53

anyone know of any video editing software that supports .MOV files?
windows movie maker dosent like them, neither does vdub

if not, is there a way of converting quicktime movies to avi or mpeg?

Post by **FatherJack** » April 28th, 2006, 14:14

I think Ulead Video Studio handles them, the old version I've got crashes rather a lot though.

Duke of Ted · Post by **Duke of Ted** » April 28th, 2006, 14:37

hmm, that costs the big bucks though

edit: nm i have aquired a copy of quicktime pro which can convert files
thanks anyway

Post by **FatherJack** » April 28th, 2006, 15:20

I though it was only about 30 quid, a lot less than most others.

Duke of Ted · Post by **Duke of Ted** » April 28th, 2006, 15:41

yeah its £35, i was looking at the price in dollar bills

i may have to buy it as i cant get my head round VirtualDubMOD