Taking Stills from Timeline

I'm sure I did know this but am having problems a the moment. I would like to take stills from the timeline to include with the video.
Can anybody help please?

Thank you but I have solved the problem myself. I forgot how to do the freeze frame. You scroll the timeline to show the still image you want in the viewer. Go to Modify > Freeze Frame. The still you want is that image you see in the viewer. Drag it from the viewer into the browser to use anytime or onto the timeline to use in your clip.

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High quality stills from timeline

What is the best output method to export a still from the timeline?
Footage: 720PN 24p

export a tiff or photoshop-- never a jpeg. The best a still will appear as in a photo program is 72 dpi. There isn't a lot you can do to up-rez it except halve or quarter the size, thereby doubling the dpi. You can print beautiful postage stamps from video however.

How to make a still from a frame in the timeline?

how to make stills from a frame in the timeline or browser in FCPX?
I want to place it elswhere in the timeline but also in iPhoto for exporting on the web or printing etc.
How to do that?
Thanks!

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No, I don 't agree, it helped me many times and explaned me a lot but the keywordsearch function (or something like that) could be much better.
That's what I meant - the search facility.
If you can't find the content, help is of no use whatever.
Andy

Grabbing from timeline to make a Still

What is the best way to grab a still from the video timeline of FCP X to ensure best quality?
Thanks, Gary

You can export a frame with the Share function. If it's not there use Add Destination. Assuming the current version.

Taking still images from a movie

Can Photoshop or another Adobe software be used to edit photo stills from digital movie images? I just want to take specific images and don't want the rest of the footage.
Thanks for the help.

You can probably do that in photoshop with File>Import>Video Frames to Layers by unchecking Make Frame Animation, checking Selected Range Only
and then pick the frame using the sliders at the bottom of the dialog.

HDMI out from Timeline

Hi,
I am doing a job for an Art Gallery, in which I have to shoot, and do a quick edit (no effects), and output to a Full HD 1920x1080 TV.
I intend to buy a Panasonic AG-HMC70U Shoulder Mounted Camcorder, which stores AVCHD 1080/60i (NTSC) video in SD/SDHC Cards.
I intend to buy a Sony VAIO F VPCF127FX/B 16.4" Notebook Computer, with Windows 7 Premium 64 bit, processor 1.73GHz Intel Core i7-740QM, 6 GBs RAM, and nVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 1GB Dedicated.
Will I be able to output directly from CS-5 Timeline to TV, through notebook's HDMI out?
Thank you,
Ronaldo

Thanks a lot robodog2
I have a few questions bellow in red:
I would get 1 Terabyte drives instead...they are not expensive. You might need the extra room if you have to do some exports to files. Get the fastest ones you can for editing...esata better than fw800...make sure you turn off indexing and format NTFS and assign specific drive letters to the externals...put tape on driive with the drive letter you gave it clearly marked. If you dont you will have a hard time swapping them and maintaining links with your project(s).
Agree.
dont partition any drives
Agree.
when you say dvd you mean of course Blue Ray...for HD.... dvd is for SD....just dont forget when you look for disc burners.
Yes...Blue Ray, I keep saying DVD....
There's a program called neoscene by cineform that a lot of people use for avchd footage....you might want to look into having that just in case.
I'll check into it.
Test the tv -- output real footage from timeline to the same HD Tv you plan to use at show ....output to make sure it likes interlaced footage.
Here is the catch, I'm in Brazil, and this work will happen in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and we arrive 1 day before....this is why i'm trying to prepare as much as possible, in theory, before hand....
You'll probably put OS and program on C drive
Agree.
put pagefile on 2nd drive 1.5 x your ram with min and max size the SAME MAX SIZE so it never gets fragmented...do that first thing so the pagefile is near the center of disc. I guess you said 2 internal and 3 external ? so you can put your scratchdisk on disc 2 also...and assets and any exports you need to do on the externals...
I will have 2 Sony VAIO F VPCF127FX/B 16.4" Notebook Computer, with Windows 7 Premium 64 bit, processor 1.73GHz Intel Core i7-740QM, 6 GBs RAM, and nVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 1GB Dedicated.
So, here you lost me...
1 - How do I - 1.5 x your ram with min and max size the SAME MAX SIZE so it never gets fragmented
2 - How do I do this pagefile to start at center of dics?
I will only have one internal disc, dedicated for OS.
Scratchdisk, assets and exports - I will have 3 external discs in total, one to edit, one for playing to, and the third one for copying....
plan on having an "emergency" helper that REALLY knows whats up with the computer and editing stuff in case you get stuck and have to focus on shooting and need help ...line that up beforehand.
Agree.
go to the gallery and see if you can do anything to enhance the lighting or color correct lights, windows etc beforehand...
test everything .....so you dont have surprises that make you crazy on the day.
That will be impossible as we arrive 1 day before...I'm taking my lights, tripods, color gels...
good luck sounds like fun..
Thanks a lot...
one more reference just in case you want to check it out...
mainconcept mpeg pro hd 4 plug in for adobe premiere url
Excelent tip....
http://www.mainconcept.com/products/apps-plug-ins/mpeg-pro-hd.html

Is there a software program that automatically save stills from a QT video?

Just wondering if there's any software out there that will automatically save stills from a QT video? There's a program called Image Grabber by Cliprex that does this but it only works on PC's. You run it and it makes like 100 imge captures from the video clip and lets you go in and pick the best ones. Anyone know if there's a Mac equivallent out there that does this? Right now, the only way I know to get stills from a QT video is to manually go through it frame by frame and copy/paste, which is obviously very time & labor intensive. I would love to find something that does it for me automatically.

Just wondering if there's any software out there that
will automatically save stills from a QT video?
There's a program called Image Grabber by Cliprex
that does this but it only works on PC's. You run
it and it makes like 100 imge captures from the
video clip and lets you go in and pick the best
ones. Anyone know if there's a Mac equivallent out
there that does this? Right now, the only way I
know to get stills from a QT video is to manually go
through it frame by frame and copy/paste, which is
obviously very time & labor intensive. I would love
to find something that does it for me automatically.
Hello Doug,
My first recommendation is to take a screen shot of your QT movie using not Preview but Snap Pro X. (You already know: you must pause the QT movie before taking the screen shot of the target frame.) Snap Pro X is the equivalent of Image Grabber for Windows machines.
SPX offers a choice of what size image (10% to 400%) you want and where to save the image (which you name in the window provided). I usually take screenshots with this app @ 100% and select "Save to Clipboard" because then you can open the clipboard image in GraphicConverter or PhotoShop Elements or PhotoShop and then set ppi resolution, adjust size or make any of the modification features available with these applications.
<http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/>
Also, I'm not certain but I "think" GraphicConverter can select a single frame from a QT movie. The best little trick is use is to open the clipboard mounted images using one of the "New from Clipboard" menu options. There is now a separate manual in pdf for GC; there've been so many new features added that it's wise to spend the extra money. GC is one of the best deals and best supported-by-author applications you can buy.
<http://www.lemkesoft.com/>
Both apps are shareware. Updates are free for GC but I'm not sure about Snap Pro X.
Regards,
macnoel

Drag & drop audio clip from timeline to project window ?

i no longer can drag a clip from timeline to the project window & then breakout the clip to mono by selecting clip - audio options- breakout to mono - now when i drop an audio clip from timeline into the project window it does not show up anywhere in the project window - did an update get rid of this function ? it was much better than having to go back to the unedited original source & start from scratch ...

thanx for your time Jim - i understand that would be the preferred method but that was a quick fix until recently i have noticed that i can no longer do it by just grabbing the edited clip & drop it in project window so that i can modify just that portion of the original files properties - it still functions that way on a friends machine - was just kinda weird that i can't get it to work that way any more …

Exporting 1-frame stills from fcp

Here's my problem: I've captured lots of 1-frame stills from clips, stored in the Browser. Using 24PA Anamorphic Setup, wanting my final DVD to play 16:9 on a widescreen LCD. I then create a new Anamorphic Sequence and drag all stills to the timeline. Then, I export all the stills as jpg's, using QT Conversion to jpg. This works fine. But when I look at the resulting stills in Photoshop, they are squashed. Now, I can convert them to QT files and then get a nice correction by exporting the stills back out of QT, using Show Movie Properties>Visual Settings>Unchecking "Preserve Aspect Ratio">Changing Dimensions to 853 x 480. But then I've got a QT file which doesn't open in Photoshop. Yikes! By the way, in fcp, it doesn't seem to matter what format I set for the export--png,jpg,photoshop, etc. The stills always look squashed, compared to the video that they came from. Thanks for your help.

Drew13 or anyone! Oops! I just discovered another problem. I changed the pixel aspect ratio of all the 1-frame stills that I had exported from my 16:9 fcp project, and while there in Photoshop they look correct. But if I open these pictures in Preview, they still look squeezed. Then, if I open them again in Photoshop, I get this notice, "Pixel aspect ration correction is for preview purposes only. Turn it off for maximum quality." When the picture opens, it looks correct at 16x9 again. Apparently, changing the pixel aspect ratio in Photoshop does not "really" change the photo. My goal is to use the exported stills in a DVD slideshow,and have them look correct at 16x9 dimensions, but now I'm stuck with all squeezed photo-stills. Hmm.

How can i make still from 16:9 film tot bitmap without distortion?

how can I make stills from my 16:9 movie to bitmap without having distortion?
! work with Adobe Premiere Elements 10

Bernard Bussemaker
If you really have a 720 x 576 Standard Widescreen Video 16:9 (PAR = 1.4587) and you want a jpg still capture from it using Premiere Elements 10, then I suggest the following:
Premiere Elements 10
Project Preset = PAL DV Widescreen
Place the Timeline Indicator to the frame that you want as a jpg image.
Go to
Share
Computer
Image
and there set Presets = DV PAL SD (it is long story, but you do not have much choice at that level), so
you could experiment with JPEG - HD 1920 x 1080 but no sure how that is going to look going from 720 x 576 to 1920 x 1080, so
Under the Advanced Button/Video Tab of that preset, set
Frame Width 1024 or 1050 pixels
Frame Width 576 pixels
Aspect = Square (1.0)
("or" relates to....if you just want a 16:9 jpg still, then 1024 will do fine. If you want a 16:9 jpg still that will present in a Premiere Elements project to fill the Edit Mode monitor, then 1050.
1024 x 576 is the square pixel version of the non square pixel version 720 x 576 widescreen which is stretched for display after encoding.
Image can resize downward if necessary. More details on that later.)
If the details of what I have suggested are too much, then just try the suggestion step by step and then let us know if it works for you. If any questions or you need clarification on anything written, please do not hesitate to ask.
If you are really dealing with a 720 x 576 4:3 standard video, we can go through that next.
But the answers are in the details.
Thanks.
ATR

Layer disappeared from timeline

I'm creating some banners with Edge Animate for the first time.
I started with the biggest one, now I need to create some more downscaled versions.
Clearly the easiest and fastes way is to duplicate the edge project and modify the layers size position etc...
Duplicating the project folder and changing the file name didn't work for me (gave error "edge can't read the html file"), so I managed to do it with "save as" and changing the "project1.an" name to a new one in a clean folder. When opened, Edge creates all the assets referencing the new name.
Everything ok until here, but then I noticed that the top layer "link" (it was a hidden clickable div with the banner link) has disappeared from timeline, but it's still present in the "elements" tab.
The link was still working, then after a couple of cmd+return it disappeared also from the stage.
I created a new rectangular div with the tool, but the new one is also not present in the timeline but only in the "elements" tab.
Now I'm worried that this could cause problems on publishing or future edits. Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks for your help.

Never mind, after this post I already found the answer.
I had checked without noticing the button at the bottom of timeline "Only Show Animated Elements".
Unchecking all the layers were there.
Hope this can help if anyone has accidentally the same problem!

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R3D "Source Settings" Adjust From Timeline? ( CS6 / CS5.5 )

Wondering if there's a way to adjust the "Source Settings" for R3D clips from the timeline. It's taking a lot of time going from timeline to "Reveal In Project" to "Source Settings". I've set up the keyboard shortcut for "Source Settings" but it seems to only be working from the Project Panel and not in the actual timeline where I need to access it.
Hopefully I'm missing something here and someone can point me to an obvious solution.
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You might want to discuss the workflow aspects with other RED users. It sounds like you're trying to use the source settings as your primary coloring tools - while it's certainly possible, it's not necessarily the most practical approach.
Here's a couple of scenarios you might want to consider:
- base grading in CineX. Sort through your shots, alter your color metadata in that environment. The beauty of this is that all your color metadata changes will automatically be picked up in Premiere Pro, as it reads the same metadata saved by CineX (pick As Shot in the color settings - note that you can multiselect all your RED clips, bring up the Source Settings on one of them, and the change will be applied to all the selected clips).
- for secondary/final grades, if you're using a GPU card with the Mercury engine, try one of our native color correctors (either the 3 way, or some people prefer the RGB curves).
- alternatively, now that we have SpeedGrade, you can push out an EDL of your timeline & bounce that into SpeedGrade for your final grade.
You might want to check out this thread on the red forum, Brad has put together a number of useful tutorials around RED workflows:
http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?66182-Tutorials-for-Newcomers-to-Premiere-Pro
Cheers,

Subject : Slideshow looks bad Hello guys I have a project in my Final Cut just about done. I want to add my slideshow as part of the project and burn it to DVD. In my slideshow, there are some stills from the movie clips and some downloaded from the i

Subject : Slideshow looks bad
Hello guys
I have a project in my Final Cut just about done. I want to add my slideshow as part ofthe project and burn it to DVD. Inmy slideshow, there are some stills from the movie clips and some downloadedfrom the internet but they all look blur when playback and even worse if Iapply Ken Burn to it. Pleasesome one can tell my how to do it right or it can’t be done because thedownload quality and stills from the clip are not suitable or slideshow. Thank you
PSC

Thank you Ross.
The entire DVD containing Quick Time movies (Final CutExpress project) and slideshow was done in iPhoto. The Final Cut project was rendered prior to export to QT, the slideshow was sent to iDVD withoutrendering. The slideshow with most of the pictures from my still camera incombination with stills from movie clips and some downloaded from the Internet.After burning, the movie playback is perfect but the slideshow is not. The slideshow containing 3 differentkinds of pictures; those from my still camera looks OK; the stills from themovie clips and from the Internet are not. I don’t have much knowledge in this game, but I think NTSCwith frame size 720x480, and the downloaded picture Item Property shows most ofthem are between 400 to 500 x 300 to 600, may be both of them are not suitablefor TV screen while the stills from my still camera looks OK because they are2048x1536. Please enlightenme. Once again, thank you so much,I really appreciate the time you offered.
psc

Stills from QuickTime movie

I have been attempting to collect stills from QT movies and find they all have horizontal lines impairing the images. Is there any way to avoid this ?
Many thanks.

Oh, you mean the interlacing. You can usually find an interlace free frame every few frames or so. Of course this doesn't help for fast moving content because the image you want won't be available in a few frames (it'll have moved).
I'm not at my computer right now, but there should be a deinterlace option to deinterlace. Your picture will be a bit more blurry, but that's the only thing that can be done about interlacing.

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