A way to auto-make screen caps from videos?

[Scav2003]

Anyone know of a program that can run thru a video and automatically make screen captures from it?

[terryj]

I Use this.

Must have Pro Version.
Open Movie.
File-->Export-->Movie to Image Sequence.
Set export fps to match movie's fps
to capture a "play by second" or,
adjust to a longer ( say triple the fps)
to capture in a "slideshow" type feel.
select type of file ( png or jpg)
Target to Folder
click ok.


If necessary stitch in Photoshop to make one huge Page of
all images, using the "Automate-->Contact Sheet II" command.

[Scav2003]

That is so awesome! Thanks!!!

[pixel zombie]

now that is an excellent tip, well done...

[headless chicken]

Screen Grabber

[panhype]

I Use this.

Must have Pro Version.
Open Movie.
File-->Export-->Movie to Image Sequence.
Set export fps to match movie's fps
to capture a "play by second" or,
adjust to a longer ( say triple the fps)
to capture in a "slideshow" type feel.
select type of file ( png or jpg)
Target to Folder
click ok.


If necessary stitch in Photoshop to make one huge Page of
all images, using the "Automate-->Contact Sheet II" command.

Awesome indeed.
One question regarding Photoshop "Automate-->Contact Sheet II" command:
Is there a way that Photoshop would preserve the original size of these captures? When i tried that command i always ended up in very small thumbs on my contact sheet.

Screen Grabber

Screen Grabber has one big advantage over the the Quicktime approach: it can display time stamp info. OTOH i haven't found a way to make it capture less than every 3 secs (that way you're ending up with tons of pics when giving it a longer movie). Or did i miss something?

*edit* Found it myself. Playing with 'Grid size' allows a slower pace of capturing

[terryj]

I Use this.

Must have Pro Version.
Open Movie.
File-->Export-->Movie to Image Sequence.
Set export fps to match movie's fps
to capture a "play by second" or,
adjust to a longer ( say triple the fps)
to capture in a "slideshow" type feel.
select type of file ( png or jpg)
Target to Folder
click ok.


If necessary stitch in Photoshop to make one huge Page of
all images, using the "Automate-->Contact Sheet II" command.

Awesome indeed.
One question regarding Photoshop "Automate-->Contact Sheet II" command:
Is there a way that Photoshop would preserve the original size of these captures? When i tried that command i always ended up in very small thumbs on my contact sheet.

With the Photoshop "Contact Sheet II" command Open BEFORE
running the command on the Folder of Images:


change your target sizes to match your original size here.

[panhype]

...
With the Photoshop "Contact Sheet II" command Open BEFORE
running the command on the Folder of Images:


change your target sizes to match your original size here.

Thanks for the help. Didn't get in the first place that with "Document" your output file is meant. So when you have 20 640x480 pixels captures and want to place these in 2 columns, then the "Document" size must be set to 1280x4800 pixels (just an example).

[Debbi]

I Use this.

Must have Pro Version.
Open Movie.
File-->Export-->Movie to Image Sequence.
Set export fps to match movie's fps
to capture a "play by second" or,
adjust to a longer ( say triple the fps)
to capture in a "slideshow" type feel.
select type of file ( png or jpg)
Target to Folder
click ok.


If necessary stitch in Photoshop to make one huge Page of
all images, using the "Automate-->Contact Sheet II" command.

I was doing a Google search and landed here. I just had to join and say thanks so much for this tip. And I didn't even have to buy a new program!

[M-O]

Photoshop CS5 must be run in 32 bit mode for the discontinued Contact Sheet II automation to run. It wasn't that spectacular to begin with.

[pixel zombie]

graphic converter can also make contact sheets and it's much cheaper than photoslop

[M-O]

Well, both ScreenGrabber and ScreenCapper have serious problems with FLV, MKV, WMV, etc. ScreenGrabber creates a maximum width image of 640, while ScreenCapper doesn't include any track or title info.

graphic converter can also make contact sheets and it's much cheaper than photoslop

Had forgotten that old standby.
Although, I still need an easy way to get the video frames to start with.

[terryj]

M-O, go back to the other thread, I commented in the one you originally started.

[boufon]

If you want to extract the pictures and make a contact sheet in only one very simple step, there is a tool called Movie Tiler. Try it at http://www.mrose.nl/movietiler

HTH

[Flarch]

.removed.

[M-O]

Thanks. It's a bit minimalist, but all the solutions are.