Grabbing stills…any easy method?

[Walter Biscardi]

[lightning ad] “The method i use currently is to mark in/out, export quicktime conversion, select still image, enter…all of which needs to be done with mouse/pen….and its taking forever!!!”

You don’t need to mark any in or out for stills. FCP always exports the still where the playhead is parked.

You can also use Apple’s Screen Grab utility if these stills are just for someone to view on a computer. Shift/Apple/4 they draw around the video image.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[Adam Taylor]

thanks Walter – no i/o? well whaddaya know!

The apple screen grab is no use for this job – not enough screen real estate to grab in the resolution i need.

ps. your color dvd finally arrived yesterday, Walter. Very useful….now if only i can convince the powers that be to get me a Tangent panel or an Eclipse !!!

adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

[Walter Biscardi]

[lightning ad] “ow if only i can convince the powers that be to get me a Tangent panel or an Eclipse !!!”

completely unnecessary in my work. I have found better uses for $5,000 – $20,000 in my shop. 🙂

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[Steven Gonzales]

Quicktime Pro has export options in its dictionary for Applescript. Here’s an example of a script that exports from Quicktime Pro.

Perhaps you could easily modify to export still of the current frame, then do this export work using Quicktime Pro

https://bbs.applescript.net/viewtopic.php?id=15111

[Zak Mussig]

Hey Adam,

When I’ve had to export lots of stills I make a bin, make freeze frames (Shift-N) and drag them into the bin. Then I batch export as whatever file type I need and use Automator to rename them. The only slow-ish part is dragging the freeze frame.

Hope that helps,
Zak

[Adam Taylor]

thanks guys…

steven – i couldn’t open the link – says server not responding!…but then i don’t have the time to learn scripting at the moment>

zak – great idea…i’ll remember that for next time. I just finished the job two minutes before your post popped up!!

regards
Adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

[Alan Lacey]

Zak, that’s the method I’ve been using recently. I’m not a MacHead though, could you please outline the ‘automator’ steps for renaming?

Thanks a lot

Alan

[Raafi Rivero]

I know it’s, like, two years after this thread got started, but this problem has always plagued me and it’s the first hit on google… AND I’ve found a great solution via apple’s pro tips:
https://www.apple.com/pro/tips/screenshots.html

I generally edit with my second monitor set to preview and therefore have a full version of the screen up at all times. Now, I click Apple+Shift+4 to bring up the crosshairs, *important* then press [SPACEBAR] and the crosshairs turn into a little camera icon. Simply click on the full-screen image, and the screengrab automatically pops up on your desktop.

Hope this helps someone else too!
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