Final Cut Pro X, how do I create a full size screen grab?

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Final Cut Pro X, how do I create a full size screen grab?

I suppose this doesn't have to be in the FCPX forum but since I have the program, I can use it in case it offers the solution.

I'm trying to pull full-size, 1080 stills from some video. My monitor doesn't go that high in vertical resolution, so I can't just pause the video and take a screen grab -- the image will be scaled down to more like ~800px.

Is there a solution, either in FCPX, Quicktime (not Pro), or some other means?

Thanks!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2.53 Core 2 Duo, 8 GB RAM

Posted on Jun 5, 2012 7:59 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 5, 2012 8:21 AM in response to B J P

Yep, the standard Quicktime Player and Preview will do the job.

Play the movie in Quicktime player to the desired frame, pause, choose Edit>Copy.

In Preview.app, choose File>New from clipboard.

You get a lovely 1920*1080 .png file.

I also tested this with GraphicConverter which gives me a wider choice of output file formats.

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Tom Wolsky

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Jun 5, 2012 8:23 AM in response to B J P

Open the video in the timeline. Find the frame you want. Use Share>Save Current Frame.

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Answer 3

Jun 5, 2012 8:40 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Much better than my method. Thanks!

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B J P Author

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Jun 5, 2012 8:58 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thanks Tom -- don't know how I haven't seen that menu option before!

Elliott, I also tried your method and when I pause in QT, none of the Edit menu options are available.

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Answer 5

Jun 5, 2012 10:02 AM in response to B J P

There's a great screen-grabber software called Skitch that's good for full screen grabs.

http://skitch.com/

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Answer 6

Jan 30, 2014 7:50 PM in response to B J P

one more option - if you're looking for LOTS of stills, I think the open source tool ffmpeg can do this, for example grab one frame every 5 seconds.

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