Screenshot a frame in a Youtube video?

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Screenshot a frame in a Youtube video?

Sometimes I want to take a screenshot of a certain frame in a Youtube video, so I was looking for a way to take a screenshot of just one frame in the video, not the window, and not a selection, just the frame in its exact size. I was playing around with the key combinations for screen capturing and suddenly I managed to capture just one frame, and it was automatically saved to the desktop as a png file. The sad thing is that I can't remember which exact keys I pressed, and I haven't managed to do it again. I remember that I saw the little camera icon (from Grab utility I guess), and that I clicked the video frame in the Youtube player, and the screenshot was saved to the desktop. I have tried several key combinations since then, but all I have managed to do is either capture the whole browser window or bring up the portion selector. Please anyone, what key combination is it I'm looking for?

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Oct 6, 2014 6:52 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 6, 2014 7:00 AM in response to Gloofer

Hi,

You said IPhone 5s down the bottom, is this an issue on your computer or your IPhone?

Im assuming computer, from the key combinations, though I don't think there is a way to capture a specific part of the web-page, unless your browser has a function for that. The easiest alternative I know of would be to use Command + Shift + 4, and then select the relevant area, you can do the same with Grab, but I don't know of a way to capture only youtube, unless it's full screen, in which case, you can capture your entire screen by pressing Command + Shift + 3,

Sorry,

OfficialPiAddict

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Answer 2

Oct 6, 2014 7:06 AM in response to Gloofer

Pause the video and use the command, shift and 4 keys.

Drag the crosshairs across an area to capture.

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Oct 6, 2014 7:06 AM in response to OfficialPiAddict

Sorry about the iPhone 5s, that seems to have been a radio button that was pre-clicked at the bottom of the post form. It is a computer (mbpr), and I know about cmd + shift + 4 (and 3), but I want to capture only the frame (media player viewport), and as said I managed to do just that with a key combination I can't remember.

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Oct 6, 2014 7:11 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

I don't want that, because then I won't get the exact size. And again, as said in the post, I managed to capture only the frame without using the crosshair feature. So there clearly must be a short key for that. The problem is that I can't remember it, so I hope someone else do and tell me =)
Thanks anyway.

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