taking and saving a frame from a video

[ronidog]

Basicaly I have badgers on my trailcam videos from a a few weeks shoot. The badger group want to have individual photos of the badgers so that they indentify individuals and train new volunteers.

Sometimes you just cant remember how you did things ...... which is irritating!

I want to copy and save a frame from an MP4 video clip on a windows 11 computer. The frame needs to be saved to a nominated folder and be easily shareable.

Can anyone suggest a simple way to do this?

[MJ224]

What I have done in the past is to run the 4K video up to the frame that you want, and just do a screen save. On Windows 11, press the Windows Key, and **** S all together. You can then pick out the part of the screen you want, or all of the screen. On my setup, this shot is saved to "screenshots" in the Pictures Folder. It's saved as a .png, easily converted to a jpeg, and copy/paste to where you want the photo. The resolution is that of the screen, so does not do a lot of cropping,

[Wreckdiver]

The best way would be to open the video in a video editor and select from the timeline the frame you want and save from there.

[ronidog]

Thanks for your suggestions.

I eventually used the VLC media player. You can advance frame by frame. It has a snapshot facility which can then be saved as a jpeg to a specfied folder.

An example is attached. The goup wanted photos of the tails as that can be a useful tool in identification of individuals. Finding a good shot of the tail of a moving badger is not easy as easy as you may think! Even when viewing frame by frame.