Batch Snapshot

MattC

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Mar 07, 2019 03:57

Hi,

I have a situation that requires me to take snapshots of every single frame in a range. (I can't go into the details, suffice to say it's not illegal

) However, I can only find a way to snap individual frames. This works fine, but is EXTREMELY lengthy and monotonous. Is there way (ideally with PDR, but even with third party software) that allows me to do this?

I'm using PDR14.

Matt .
PDR14; Win10-x64; i7-6700; 3.4GHz; 16GB RAM; plenty of HDD space; AMD Radeon R5 330.

tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Mar 07, 2019 09:38

PhotoDirector 10 has the Video to Photo feature to capture every frame automatically.

JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Mar 07, 2019 09:51

Quote Hi,

I have a situation that requires me to take snapshots of every single frame in a range. (I can't go into the details, suffice to say it's not illegal

) However, I can only find a way to snap individual frames. This works fine, but is EXTREMELY lengthy and monotonous. Is there way (ideally with PDR, but even with third party software) that allows me to do this?

I'm using PDR14.

Matt

PD14 can't, one third party solution would be the free virtualdub.

PD17 can export a image sequence.

Jeff

MattC

Member Joined: Jun 03, 2016 12:12 Messages: 102 Offline

Mar 07, 2019 11:59

Thanks for your replies.

Matt .
PDR14; Win10-x64; i7-6700; 3.4GHz; 16GB RAM; plenty of HDD space; AMD Radeon R5 330.

MattC

Member Joined: Jun 03, 2016 12:12 Messages: 102 Offline

Mar 08, 2019 14:46

Hi.

Just installed PhotoDirector 10 Essentials and tried out the video frame capture part. (Haven't figured out whether this feature is limited to the thirty day trial part.) The capture went well, but it stored it in TIFF and used a lot of storage. Any way to change the default to JPG? Also, I inadvertantly tried to convert the whole of a short film! It would have taken a very long time, but there didn't seem to be a way to break out of the process. Eventually, I had to end the process in task manager to stop it. Am I missing something?

Matt .
PDR14; Win10-x64; i7-6700; 3.4GHz; 16GB RAM; plenty of HDD space; AMD Radeon R5 330.

tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Mar 08, 2019 17:11

In that Video import you see three buttons on the lower right. Click the Trim Video button and set the in and out points. Click the Auto button and a Popup window gives you the information of the number of frames total and you set the number to capture. The capture is in TIFF. If you make a mistake you can click Clear All button in the top right to remove.

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Mar 08, 2019 17:21

Quote Any way to change the default to JPG?

Yes. Look at the bottom right corner of the Video-to-Photo (Capture) screen and click on Go to Library, then click on Advanced from the Capture Settings window:

From there you can change anything and everything

tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Mar 08, 2019 17:54

Thanks for your reply optodata. Unfortunately, that button is grayed out and not clickable in my PhD10. See the attached screenshot.


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optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Mar 08, 2019 19:16

Quote Thanks for your reply optodata. Unfortunately, that button is grayed out and not clickable in my PhD10. See the attached screenshot.

Not a problem. You can just click the blue camera icon right there to create a single image, then the Library button will be active and you can make your desired JPG run.

It would be nice if this were accessable prior to creating any frames, but once you've selected JPG, that format should remain active until you decide to change it.

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MattC

Member Joined: Jun 03, 2016 12:12 Messages: 102 Offline

Mar 09, 2019 02:30

Thank you for all your feedback.

Matt .
PDR14; Win10-x64; i7-6700; 3.4GHz; 16GB RAM; plenty of HDD space; AMD Radeon R5 330.