Auto Capture Stills Script?

Heysues wrote on 1/18/2006, 6:27 PM

Searched a bit & didn't see anything on this.. Can't imagine there wouldn't be a script for this?

Would like to run a script to automatically pull stills from my video timeline (at full rez size) @ a determined interval, like say every 5 seconds of video - pull a full rez fram and save it to hard drive.

Please point me in the right direction - thanks!!

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jetdv wrote on 1/18/2006, 7:23 PM

Both Excalibur and Ultimate S will do this with ease. However, both also cost.

A free script to capture a still at the cursor position can be found here. With some modification, it could do what you are looking for.

Heysues wrote on 1/22/2006, 1:18 AM

Thanks for tips jet

I did actual find a way to do it.. and on the cheap :)

You can export frames in virtual dub as an image sequence.. Sure most of you knew that - but what i discovered was you can change the intervals on frames so your not stuck with getting every frame..
All other video processing are available to... SWEET! thanks Avery!

http://www.virtualdub.org/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=34

Sol M. wrote on 1/22/2006, 1:22 AM

Yeah, I think Virtualdub is far better suited for frame export compared to a Vegas script. Vegas' export script is too slow by comparison.

roger_74 wrote on 1/22/2006, 3:18 PM

I think Vegas' frame export is slow because it resizes the images to the correct pixel aspect ratio. VirtualDub just takes the actual frame and you have to resize it yourself if needed.