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Best way to extract single frames from an MPG movie file
I have a Sony Cypershot (DSC-W150).
Last weekend, we had a birthday party for my grandson. There was a lot of fairly fast action, which I tried to capture. Most of the photos were blurry, but the movies were pretty good. Each movie shot produced two files, a large MPG file and a small THM file. Is there a good way to extract a single frame from the movie and make it into a still photo? I would appreciate any tutoring on how to do this. Thanks |
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Best way to extract single frames from an MPG movie file
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Best way to extract single frames from an MPG movie file
On Tue, 19 May 2009 12:51:53 GMT, "David J Taylor"
wrote: bugbear wrote: wrote: On May 19, 7:40 am, Prof Wonmug wrote: I have a Sony Cypershot (DSC-W150). Last weekend, we had a birthday party for my grandson. There was a lot of fairly fast action, which I tried to capture. Most of the photos were blurry, but the movies were pretty good. Each movie shot produced two files, a large MPG file and a small THM file. Is there a good way to extract a single frame from the movie and make it into a still photo? I would appreciate any tutoring on how to do this. Thanks Any video editing program will let you grab a frame. I use Corel Video Studio, Adobe Premier Elements also will work. Not sure what is out on the free world. Any video player with freeze frame + screen shot software would work! BugBear Not if the video player talks directly to the video card. The OP should also be aware that indivdual frames are likely to appear much noiseier (grainier) than the video, and will have limited resolution, of course. The video looks good because my eye does some integration from frame to frame? It seems like the camera ought to be able to do a better job of the stills, though. The movies came out quite good, but the stills were a blurry smudge. Maybe I just don't know how to work it. I would use IrfanView or Virtual Dub, if no other software was available. David |
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Best way to extract single frames from an MPG movie file
Prof Wonmug wrote:
[] The video looks good because my eye does some integration from frame to frame? In essence, yes. Try looking at a still frame from a 35mm movie (and note the low light levels where 35mm movies are typically viewed). It seems like the camera ought to be able to do a better job of the stills, though. The movies came out quite good, but the stills were a blurry smudge. Maybe I just don't know how to work it. A single frame from a movie will, at best, be limited to the movie resolution - perhaps 640 x 480 pixels. The still image may be 3000 x 2250 pixels or more. If the movie has been compressed, each frame will be worse than a typical JPEG still. Cheers, David |
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Best way to extract single frames from an MPG movie file
It seems like the camera ought to be able to do a better job of the stills, though. The movies came out quite good, but the stills were a blurry smudge. Maybe I just don't know how to work it. Next time as soon as you see one blurry photo, set the ISO higher or turn on the flash to prevent the other photos from becoming blurry. While many cameras can detect hand tremor, not many cameras can detect motion blur and correct for it. |
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