• VEGAS Pro

  Grab a frame and make a picture

  Posted by Themitchx on November 12, 2005 at 5:22 pm

  Hi there

  This is probably another easy question, but I have searched and not found the answer (difficult to know what to search for sometimes).

  Can I grab a frame of my video and make it into a jpg or a photo?

  Thanks
  M

  Edward Troxel replied 20 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Jeff Farr

  November 12, 2005 at 6:44 pm

  Sure, just get the image you want to appear in your preview and click the far right icon, “Save Snapshot to file”
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  Edward Troxel

  November 12, 2005 at 7:19 pm

  For better quality, change the preview mode to Best (Full) first. For even better quality you can also change things like changing the project to progressive to deinterlace the image. The simplest way is via a script which can make all the proper changes for you, save the snapshot, and then change all the settings back to the way you had them. For more details, take a look at vol 1 #5 of my newsletters.

  Edward Troxel
  
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  Themitchx

  November 12, 2005 at 10:17 pm

  Thanks Jeff, but when I get the image in my preview window, those last two icons seem to be greyed out. They are available when the preview area is black (obviously not very useful though!?).

  Any idea what I’m doing wrong?
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  Edward Troxel

  November 12, 2005 at 10:19 pm

  You must still be on Vegas 4 or 3. What you need to do is turn OFF external preview and they will be available once again.

  Edward Troxel
  

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