Getting Photo From Video

Sneddy wrote on 11/27/2007, 7:50 AM

I am using Vegas 8.0a and am trying to get a photo from a video. I have my cursor placed at the capture point and click on the Get Photo icon but it doesn't create the thumbnail to choose from. It was very easy to do this in 6.0d - what am I missing here? Thank you in advance, Bob K.

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rs170a wrote on 11/27/2007, 8:24 AM

Get Photo is meant to import phots from a scanner or a digital camera.
You want to export so this is a different procedure.
Park your cursor on the timeline at the desired location.
Set your Preview Window to Best/Full.
If desired, go to Project Properties and set the Field Order to Progressive and the Deinterlace Mode to Interpolate Fields.
Just remember to change them back afterwards.
Click the "Save Snapshot to File" icon (looks like a floppy disc) by the top right of the Preview Window.
The window that comes up allows you to spcify the save location as well as whether to save it in JPG or PNG format.
There's a script on jetdv's site called SnapshotToFile that automates this process for you.

Mike

Sneddy wrote on 11/27/2007, 9:16 AM

Mike - thank you!! Very appreciatively, Bob K.

Morimoto wrote on 11/27/2007, 9:25 AM

You mentioned "Set your Preview Window to Best/Full"...Is this a necessary step and does it increase the quality of your photo?

rs170a wrote on 11/27/2007, 9:32 AM

Is this a necessary step

It is. The quality of the final image is directly proportional to this setting.
If you're like most users and have you Preview Window set to Preview/Auto, the captured image will only be 163x120 in size instead of the 654x480 with Best/Full.
Use the script that I linked to and it's a one-button operation :-)

Mike

Jøran Toresen wrote on 11/27/2007, 11:18 AM

You could also take a look at Topaz Moment, see:

http://www.topazlabs.com/topazlabs/03products/topaz_moment/#000004#more

Jøran Toresen