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Extract images from videos using Imagegrab

28 April 2008 14 Comments

Imagegrab is a free utility which can help us in extracting images from any type of video files, VideoCds and live network streams which are delivered to the computer by a webcam or a camcorder.

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The program is easy to use and requires no installation. Just run the application and the window will get displayed where you can open the video.

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Just open the video from which you want to extract the images using the Open video button. The video will be loaded and using the inbuilt media player, you can select the frame of which you want an image. Just click on a single button and it will be saved to your computer.

You can also set the aspect ratio of the images which can be “Normal”, “4X3″ or “16X9″. You can also specify the directory where you want the images to be stored. If you want to extract images from the whole video, you can also specify the time interval at which it will take screenshots while the video is being played. It could have been much better if it would allow us to take screenshots in higher resolutions but still it is a good tool if you want to extract images of your favorite scenes etc.

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  • 14 Comments »

    • Binny V A said:

      Many video players have this option - for example, ZoomPlayer. But that cant capture images from a web cam.

    • Syahid A. said:

      An incredibly useful tool despite its small size.

    • Rakshit said:

      Ohh… thats very useful. Thanks for sharing, Madhur.
      :-)

    • Bush Mackel said:

      Not bad, I often find it troublesome trying to grab images from vids and the need comes up surprisingly often.

    • Madhur Kapoor said:

      @Binny
      I will have to give zoom player a try

      @syahid
      Though it lacks some features, it is useful

      @Rakshit
      Do try it

      @Bush
      It does that job well. One thing i miss is that it doesnt allow us to save images in high resolution.

    • Haris said:

      A very very useful tool. Downloading it right away!

    • Aseem Kishore said:

      Hey Madhur, good post. I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time. I always end up finding some software written in another language! Annoying!

      Also, nice new design as compared to the previous one!

    • Best of April, Killer Links #2 and some more news! said:

      [...] Extract images from Videos - Madhur [...]

    • Madhur Kapoor said:

      @Haris
      Tell me whether you like it or not

      @Aseem
      Glad you liked it. Good to see you back here after a long time.

    • Jacklin said:

      What is the format of the picture taken? Is the resolution good?

    • Madhur Kapoor said:

      @Jacklin
      The format can be BMP and JPG. The resolution is not too high.

    • How to capture and extract still images from video said:

      [...] For some reason, it’s pretty hard to find an application that extracts images from videos and that is free! I’ve been looking for one for a long time and I finally found one after reading a related tech blog. [...]

    • Good tutorial articles on extracting still images from videos « Ikool’s Blogbed said:

      [...] Extract images from videos using Imagegrab. Personally I didn’t try this software but based on the article it seems to be a decent free software, you can give it a try though [...]

    • mrs chow said:

      how to i download image grade

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