What program, if there is one can I use to pull a still frame from a moviescene into a program like photoshop?

Question

I am trying to figure out if it is possible to pull scenes from movies into a digital file for photoshop like a jpeg or tiff or something. If it is indeed possible what programs do I need to do it.

Thanks

Answer 1

You cannot take 'screen shots' of videos by using the Print Scrn key. It will just turn out black. You will need to use third-party software.

VLC can easily take screen shots from videos. It can also play anything and it's completely free. VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

To take screen shots:

1) One method is to use the hot key for taking screenshots. The default keys are alt+ctrl+s (you can change this of course in Settings->Preferences->Hotkeys Settings)

2) The second is just right click on the screen while the movie is playing and select snapshot.

3) The third and final one is Video->Snapshot. It will take one that will appear in the upper left corner briefly.

NOTE: Make sure the output directory for your screens is selected as well. By default its in the vlc folder in "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC".

Answer 2

Google Media Player Classic.  It lets you take frame by frame snapshots.