Novice Questions About Capturing a JPG from Video?

Anna2015

Newbie Joined: Jun 09, 2015 11:10 Messages: 16 Offline

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Aug 08, 2015 19:51

Hey Gang,

Can someone please tell me how I can take a screen capture from a video file using PowerDirector 13? I'm interested in making custom thumbnails for my YouTube videos. I'd like to take the perfect frame from the video and turn it into a JPG or PNG. I can then later add titles, PiP, etc. to that picture to create a custom thumbail for YouTube.

Please help.

Thanks,

Anna

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Aug 08, 2015 20:22

Hi Anna -

Just click the camera icon under the preview window

You can select the snapshot format (.jpg, .png etc) in preferences.

Cheers - Tony


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Aug 09, 2015 04:55

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Aug 09, 2015 08:58

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Anna2015

Newbie Joined: Jun 09, 2015 11:10 Messages: 16 Offline

Aug 11, 2015 09:46

LOL, you guys are so funny! Thanks for the tip, ynotfish.