Extracting still images from an MPEG file

cangel · cangel #1 (**permalink**)

06-08-2005, 03:27 PM

My specs:

OS 10.4.1
Powermac G4
single-processor 1.25 ghtz
80 GB hard drive
768 MB RAM

Dear experts,

I work at a nonprofit and we're doing an annual report for another nonprofit organization. We'd like to use some images for this report, but theyr'e on an MPEG file. Is there a way to extract still images from an MPEG file, or do we need to buy a utility of some sort? And if we do, is there one that's inexpensive?

Thanks,
Carl

iLEFTOVERCRACK · iLEFTOVERCRACK #2 (**permalink**)

06-08-2005, 03:37 PM

dear experts?
the way i always do is stop the video were you want totake the picture and hit cmd (apple key)+shift+4 and just select the portion of the video that you want to copy
im sure theres another way to do it but i donno

Books · Books #3 (**permalink**)

06-08-2005, 04:27 PM

It can also be easily done with FCP

rman · rman #4 (**permalink**)

06-08-2005, 06:25 PM

have you tried using iMovie?

sarahsboy18 · sarahsboy18 #5 (**permalink**)

06-08-2005, 06:48 PM

cmd+shift+4 always worked for me... If there is any motion in the shot you can take it into PS and use the video filter to remove the interlacing.

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Member Since: Jan 30, 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 1,069 Mac Specs: Mac Pro, 8-Core 2.8Ghz, 10GB RAM, 2x1TB HDDs, iPod U2 Edition	06-08-2005, 06:48 PM cmd+shift+4 always worked for me... If there is any motion in the shot you can take it into PS and use the video filter to remove the interlacing. "If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable." -Mitch Hedberg
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cangel #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	06-08-2005, 03:27 PM My specs: OS 10.4.1 Powermac G4 single-processor 1.25 ghtz 80 GB hard drive 768 MB RAM Dear experts, I work at a nonprofit and we're doing an annual report for another nonprofit organization. We'd like to use some images for this report, but theyr'e on an MPEG file. Is there a way to extract still images from an MPEG file, or do we need to buy a utility of some sort? And if we do, is there one that's inexpensive? Thanks, Carl
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iLEFTOVERCRACK #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 27, 2005 Location: michigan...agh Posts: 583 Mac Specs: dual 2.5 ghz g5 desktop with ati 800x video card,14" iBook 1gb	06-08-2005, 03:37 PM dear experts? the way i always do is stop the video were you want totake the picture and hit cmd (apple key)+shift+4 and just select the portion of the video that you want to copy im sure theres another way to do it but i donno
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