any way to take screen pic? « Videomaker Community Forums

southernhunter
Member

I am completely new and ignorant on the editing and software. I was wondering if there is a way to take a screen shot or basically make a particular frame into an individual picture. I have iMovie as well as Final Cut Express. thanks for the help

Posted 1 year ago #
XTR-91
Member

"CTRL-Command-4"

and drag a box to crop

Posted 1 year ago #
wer
Member

Not having used your software, I would suggest looking for fteeze frame, or making a still image. There is probably a command button that will make jpg or png file from the selected frame.

Posted 1 year ago #
EarlC
Moderator

In iMovie you can go to FILE and drag down to "Save Frame" or command-F and save either a jpg or PICT file to any folder you designate. Just move your cursor to the frame you want to freeze.

Or go to EDIT and drag down to "Create Still Frame" or shift-command-S and a five-second still clip will be installed in your clip file.

This is in iMovie '06 and might be different in later versions, but there should be similar approaches to any of the newer versions as well as FCE.

Posted 1 year ago #
signmax
Member

Hi,

2 ways to record a screen picture:

1) Using a Windows 7 as OS software you have THE SNIPPING TOOL

2) Using from Camtasia product or Jing that is a free screen capture software.

http://www.techsmith.com

3) Most drawing software has a screen capture function or cropping function build in.

Regards,

YR

Posted 1 year ago #
signmax
Member

Hi,

Without any software you can use a digtal camera to shot a LCD computer screen with a good result.

Use a small tripod, no flash test automatic mode if work nice or use the manual mode to control exposure.

This is a solution but the best is a screen capture.

Regards,

YR

Posted 1 year ago #
shiftyshed
Member

Get Power Director, you can do anyyhing with that, effects, movies, snapshots. I use it to create films for our band!

Posted 1 year ago #
signmax
Member

Hi,

My point of view,

Not too much software can beat this 3 leaders on the computer screen capture.

First on the top rank: Camtasia Studio 7at $299 or the free Jing

Second rank; Adobe Captivate 5 one the best but costly

Third position Demo Builder 8 easy to use and powerfull

A lot of shareware can fit the need but pro works with the best same for NLE software better to start the right way with company offering a lot of tutorial and good forum.

Regards,

YR

Posted 1 year ago #
EarlC
Moderator

The original post indicates that the user has iMovie and Final Cut Express, also contributing to the assumption that the Mac OS is being utilized. In addition to the perfectly logical solutions offered by the software specifically mentioned, and on the assumption that a copy of GRAB is lurking in the OS applications files inside the utilities folder, then all that is needed is to identify them and use them, rendering the need for extra expenditure for other programs — free, reasonably priced or expensive — moot.

Sure some of the mentioned options are workable, and a lot of the mentioned software is certainly more than capable of providing the needed action, but serious overkill for simply acquiring a screen shot, screen grab, still frame or whatever — all totally "doable" with the software in hand.

Posted 1 year ago #
southernhunter
Member

thanks a bunch for the help guys. I appreciate it.

Posted 1 year ago #