cool
07-22-2009, 08:27 PM
How To Make Video Caps using movie maker & Real Player
Since Windows Movie Maker comes bundled with windows XP, I thought I would explain how to use it for making vidcaps.
Start Windows Movie Maker and choose "Import video" from the menu on the left. Click on the thumbnail for the video you imported. Now you can play it using the controls on the right. Pause playback on the frame you want to capture then click the icon that looks like a camera that says "Take picture" when the mouse is over it. That opens the standard Windows "Save As" dialog box where you can name the vidcap and choose where to save it on your hard drive.
That’s how I do it. Maybe some other users will chime in if they use other free software.
You might also want to check to see if a newer version of Windows Movie Maker is available by using Windows Update.
Now in REAL PLAYER
To extract images
From Real Player, do the following
Go to Tools->Preferences
Then in the left side pane Choose "Hardware"
In the right pane, there is one slider at the downmost which is called "Video Card Compatibility", here get that slider to its most left.
Click OK
From Windows Media Player, do the following
Go to Tools->Options Go to Performance Tab
There is one slider under Video acceleration , get this slider to its most left.
now open the video file, pause at the scene you want to have image of then click the following combination of keys.
ALT+PrintScreen
The image is on your clipboard and you can paste it in any image viewer
Since Windows Movie Maker comes bundled with windows XP, I thought I would explain how to use it for making vidcaps.
Start Windows Movie Maker and choose "Import video" from the menu on the left. Click on the thumbnail for the video you imported. Now you can play it using the controls on the right. Pause playback on the frame you want to capture then click the icon that looks like a camera that says "Take picture" when the mouse is over it. That opens the standard Windows "Save As" dialog box where you can name the vidcap and choose where to save it on your hard drive.
That’s how I do it. Maybe some other users will chime in if they use other free software.
You might also want to check to see if a newer version of Windows Movie Maker is available by using Windows Update.
Now in REAL PLAYER
To extract images
From Real Player, do the following
Go to Tools->Preferences
Then in the left side pane Choose "Hardware"
In the right pane, there is one slider at the downmost which is called "Video Card Compatibility", here get that slider to its most left.
Click OK
From Windows Media Player, do the following
Go to Tools->Options Go to Performance Tab
There is one slider under Video acceleration , get this slider to its most left.
now open the video file, pause at the scene you want to have image of then click the following combination of keys.
ALT+PrintScreen
The image is on your clipboard and you can paste it in any image viewer