Getting Still (backdrop) from movie?

Simmer wrote on 6/13/2002, 8:02 AM

I was checking this out last night and am not yet able to figure how to do this.
Can I, in VF, create a "still" picture from a movie to be used for a backdrop?
If so how.

I checked out the Help and tutoials but I guest I've missed somthing still...

Thanks

-Mike

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Chienworks wrote on 6/13/2002, 12:23 PM

Mike, i'm not quite sure what you mean about a backdrop. But if you're trying to grab a frame from a video as a still image here's what you do:

- load the video into the timeline
- find the frame you want so that it's displayed in the preview window
- right-mouse-button-click on the preview window and select "Display at Project Size"
- click the little floppy disk icon above the righthand corner of the preview window
- a save dialog box pops allowing you to name the file; you may choose either .jpg or .png

The still image will then appear in the media pool. You can drag it to the timeline to use it. If you're editing with the standard DV template, the image will be 654x480 instead of 720x480. Don't freak out; this is correct and it will fill the frame properly.

I'm curious if by "backdrop" you mean the sort of thing they do on the news to put the weather map behind the weather man. If this is what you're after, you need a chroma-key filter which VideoFactory doesn't have. You'd have to upgrade to Vegas for that.

Simmer wrote on 6/13/2002, 1:40 PM

Thanks Chienworks

This info is exactly what I wanted. I need to "grab a frame from a video".
Thanks so much for the info.

See yu

-Mike

soundguy63 wrote on 6/14/2002, 9:38 AM

One other note for people needing to grab a still via the above procedure. You do have the option of not showing the "tool bar" in the preview window. If this bar isnt showing, then you wont have the disc icon visible in order to grab the frame. If the bar has gotten switched off inadvertantly or you set it that way on purpose to get a larger preview window and then forgot.... it can lead to momentary confusion. Hehe, not that I would ever do something like that..

mitteg wrote on 8/10/2002, 6:00 AM

I followed the step by step instruction on how to extract a picture 720x576 from DV video. But I suppose that this pictures needs to be deinterlaced. How can we do that with VV. For example, we want to extract a picture in order to print it, what would be the best way to export the picture?

Thanks !