Creating Photo's from DVD video

rjohn33566 · rjohn33566 #1 (**permalink**)

07-12-2010, 01:33 PM

I creating a home video years ago from a trip to Italy that I took. When I reviewed the video after returning home, I found that the sound was terrible due to a problem with the recorder. I burned it to DVD since, but now I want to create some photo's from scenes in the video.

What is the best way to do this on an iMac 24"?

chas_m · chas_m #2 (**permalink**)

07-13-2010, 07:14 AM

I use VLC for this ("Snapshot" command) but there are many such programs that can do this.

There's an inherent problem, however: still images take from standard-definition video tend to look awful, because they are quite low-resolution (720x480 at best). Don't expect to use such photos for prints, photo books, or anything like that; they'll look okay on a computer or on a webpage, but that's about it.

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rjohn33566 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 29, 2009 Location: Louisiana Posts: 12 Mac Specs: iMac 24"; 2.93GHz; 4GB mem; 640GB HD; iPod Movie 5G; iPod Touch 4G 64gb	07-12-2010, 01:33 PM I creating a home video years ago from a trip to Italy that I took. When I reviewed the video after returning home, I found that the sound was terrible due to a problem with the recorder. I burned it to DVD since, but now I want to create some photo's from scenes in the video. What is the best way to do this on an iMac 24"?
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