TW Blog :: Archives for October 2008
When we think the present as going to be, it exists not yet; and when we think it as existing, it is already pastHenri Bergson
Capturing Frames to JPEG in Final Cut Express
Relates to Software and Movies
This is a quick tip which took me a while to figure out. I wanted to grab some stills of some filming I did of surfers on the golden sunny swell the weekend before last on the North Cornish Coast. The solution is actually quite simple in Final Cut Express:
- Scrub through the clip to one of the frames that is to be captured
- From the menu choose File -> Export -> Using QuickTime Conversion…
- At the bottom of the dialog choose Still Image as the format
- Select Options to choose the format to save as
At this stage the file can be saved as JPG and the job is done. However I found with the action shots a little bit of tweaking was required to remove the digital lines across the image so I saved as Photoshop files with the best colour depth. Then opening the images in Photoshop the De-Interlace… option can be chosen under Filter -> Video menu to remove the lines.
I found the stills to be a bit of a mixed bag from my Sony HDR-SR10 with the light in the actual image being a major factor in the quality of the images. All the same a quick and easy way to capture some action stills until I finally decide on a DSLR.
Posted on Friday, Oct 10, 2008 at 05:22:43.
