Extract a frame from video

How it works

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   Add your video

   Drop in the video you want a still out of.

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   Find the frame

   Scrub the video to the exact moment you want to capture.

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   Grab and download

   Save the frame as a PNG or JPG image. No watermark.

Pulling a single frame out of a video, exactly

Taking a screenshot of a paused video gives you whatever your screen was showing: scaled to the size of the player, compressed by the screenshot, and often with a play button or a control bar baked into it. Extracting a frame gives you the actual picture the codec decoded, at the video's native resolution, with nothing on top of it.

The difference is largest exactly where it matters. A frame pulled from a 4K video comes out at 4K even if your player was showing it in a small window, which is the whole point when the frame is going to become a thumbnail, a still for an article, or a reference you need to zoom into.

Getting the frame you actually want means decoding up to it rather than jumping to the nearest keyframe, because the keyframes are typically seconds apart and the moment you are after is rarely on one. This tool decodes to the exact timestamp you scrub to, so the frame you see is the frame you get.

Export frames as PNG or JPEG, without uploading the video

PNG is lossless and the right choice for text, screen recordings, and anything you plan to edit further. JPEG is smaller and fine for photographic frames that are going straight into a post. Both come out at the video's real resolution, with no watermark.

The video never leaves your device, which is the difference between grabbing a still from a recording and uploading that recording to a stranger. For meeting recordings, screen captures, and unreleased footage, that is not a small distinction.

If you need a moving snippet rather than a still, the video to GIF converter turns the same passage into a loop, and the trimmer will cut it out as a video with the audio intact.

Why nothing uploads

Other tools send your video to their servers, which costs them money per file, so they add watermarks, cap file sizes, and make you sign up. This tool does the work right here in your browser using your own device. Your file is never uploaded, so there is no wait, no watermark, no size limit, and no account.

Questions

What image quality do I get?

The frame is exported at the video's full resolution, so it is as sharp as the source.

PNG or JPG?

PNG is lossless and best for crisp detail; JPG is smaller. Pick whichever you need.

Does my video get uploaded?

No. The frame is captured in your browser; your file never leaves your device.

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