.mov screenshots?

Question

I am trying to take a screenshot of an apple quicktime movie trailer (.mov) by using the (print Screen command). It captures the page fine but where the trailer frame is supposed to be is only a portion of it after I paste it in imageready. And recentering the my workspace around the frozen frame is futile because after I go back to print the next frame the PREVIOUS pasted image has changed with the next frame. So, needless to say it’s not working out.
Are there any Free software downloads that will allow me to capture the contents of the movie file to paste in imageready and enable me to create an animation?

I am also aware that with the movie file stored in the comp I can directly open it into frames inside image ready, but I do not have quicktime pro and neither can I really find anything on limewire.

looking for free alternatives here... :p

Answer 1

Hey..

Just open your movie, pause, go to "Edit>Copy", open your image editing application and select "Edit>Paste" and you're done. Just the image and nothing else.

However, I must warn: the image is going to only be in the size/resolution of the movie properties, not playback size (so "fullscreen" is not going to 'blow up' the image), so a 210X140 movie will generate a 210X140 pic. This applies to the free player as well as Pro.

However, it what you're really getting at is animation, with Quicktime *pro* you can choose File>Export and under export format, choose "Image Sequence", which would, of course, break the movie up into individual frames.

Not knowing what OS you're using or what kind of animation you're trying to do (although I'd guess gif; you can take a *limited* number of frames and create a gif [of a limited file size] with the site http://www.gifworks.com/ ) there's not much else I could safely advise.

P.S.: you must have just added that note about not having quicktime pro prior to my post.

Okay... I look at it this way: you're already apparently trying to use someone else's copyrighted material, right? Okay, so you shouldn't feel too guilty about googling for a registration number to enter in your version of Quicktime. The advanced features of quicktime pro are *already built in*, so you don't have to do any additional downloading to "complete" the application; the registration just unlocks what's already there.

I mean...hey don't blame me for presenting you this option: blame Apple for creating such a proprietary codec. If the file you were working with were .avi, .mpeg., .vob, .bin, .wmv, etc. I could reference a dozen free applications you could use....

...or, if you *do* have a Mac (their proprietary equipment), there's plenty of apps to check out to work with video on this page: http://www.pure-mac.com/video.html

Answer 2

i dont this can be done, but id love to be proven wrong because id like to do it myself