You can extract still frames from a video using a large number of popular players, for example, in the Classic Media Player. Windows comes standard with Movie Maker (Windows Live Movie Studio in newer versions of Windows), which will also allow you to take a screenshot. You can also use third-party video editors. For example, in the free Avidemux program, you can not only save one frame, but split the entire video into pictures or only some of it.
Instructions
Step 1
Classic Media Player Open the video in Classic Media Player. If you don't have one on your computer, you can download it from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpc-hc/. Pause playback at the desired frame. Select Save Image from the File menu or press the Alt + I key combination. Set the path for saving the still image, file name and saving format - BMP, PNG, JPG. Click on the "Save" button
Step 2
Movie Maker Save your picture using the Windows standard Movie Maker (except Windows 7 and Vista). To do this, run the program (Start menu - All Programs - Standard - Entertainment) and select the line "Import to Collections" from the menu. Find the video file you want. Wait a while for the video to load into the program - the video will be split into small clips
Step 3
Play the clip containing the frame of interest. Pause playback at the desired location and click on the "Take Photo" button located in the lower right corner of the preview window. Specify the path to save the picture and the file name - the still image will be saved in.jpg"
Step 4
>
Windows Live Movie Maker Use Windows Live Movie Maker if you have Windows 7 or Vista. Run the program (Start menu - All Programs). Click on the right area of the program window and select the video file you need. Wait a while until the video is fully loaded - the program will split it into small fragments
Step 5
Select the section of the video that contains the frame of interest. Play it and pause it where you want it. Open the "Home" tab in the application menu and click the "Snapshot" button. Set the path for saving the image and its name. The file will be saved in.png"
Step 6
>
Avidemux Use the Awidemux video editor to create a freeze frame. It can be downloaded for free from the official page https://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/download.html. Open the video you need through the File menu or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + O
Step 7
Select the desired frame. To do this, you can start playback or use the slider. From the File menu, select the Save line. In the menu that appears, click on the line corresponding to the desired image saving format: BMP or JPEG. Set the path for saving and the name of the future picture. Please note that the file name must be entered along with the extension. For example, "Screenshot.jpg". The program does not add extensions automatically, and without this you will not be able to open the file later
Step 8
Divide a segment of a video or the entire video into separate pictures. To do this, select the start (A) and end (B) points of the line segment using the program tools - the corresponding buttons are located under the viewport. By default, point A corresponds to the beginning of the video, and B - to the end, so if you need to save the entire video as a sequence of images, you can immediately proceed to the next step
Step 9
Make a transition: menu File - Save - Save Selection As JPEG Image. Set the path for saving files - it is better to create a separate folder specifically for this. Specify the name of the first frame with extension. For example, "Screenshot.jpg". All subsequent pictures will automatically receive the same name with the addition of a sequence number. For example, "Screenshot0035.jpg". Click on the "Save" button and wait a while - all frames of the selected segment will be saved as separate pictures in the folder you specified.
