Converting .mov to .jpeg

Different video players may let you take a screen grab of frame in different ways.

If using Quicktime:

• Stop your movie at the frame you want.
• ctrl + click on your movie, you'll see that the playbutton disappears.
• Don't move your mouse or it will reappear again.
• now press alt + ⇧ Shift + 4 on your keyboard and hit the space button.
• The cursor changes to a camera. ...

iPhoto has no tool to extract still frame from a video.

What is your iPhoto version and MacOS X version? Early iMovie versions (before iMovie 9) could extract a still frame from a video, but the current iPhoto and iMovie cannot do this.

I am using Aperture's video editor to extract single frames from a video, but it would be bit expensive to upgrade to Aperture just for still frames.

if you do not need full resolution images - just the full screen size, simply view your video in full screen mode, advance the video to the frame you want and take a screenshot with (Shift+Comm+3). This wills save a photo to the Desktop.

Or use the professional version if QuickTime 7, if you have it. File > Export will save a still frame in ".pct" format.

Otherwise you will need third party apps; I have seen MPEG Streamclip recommended for this, but have not used it myself.

Hey Phil0124,

Thanks for the tip! It worked great, except I would add that on an apple keyboard the key-combo to enter screen-capture mode is command+shift+4, as there is no "alt" key on the apple keyboard (except maybe if you count the modified "option" keystroke, which didn't work for this operation). Also, it seemed like once I entered this mode the player controls got out of the way automatically. This trick will make a big difference for me - thanks again!

Eric D - CoralVision

QT 10.4

as there is no "alt" key on the apple keyboard

Sure is. Not all Apple keyboards are the same...

Yes yes I see it there, "alt" smallish and in the upper corner of the "option" key. Nevertheless, it does not work for this function. Terence - you should apply that attention to detail to some of the untouched problems/questions over on my activity log - I'd love the help!

I have a PC with the Windows 10 upgrade (I know...)

After about an hour and a half trying all the suggestions, I tried the old-fashioned way.

• Did a Print Screen from the keyboard Print Screen key.
• Pasted it into a PowerPoint blank presentation page after removing the text boxes.
• Set the View to wide.
• Did a Save As with JPEG as the File Type.

It worked. :-)

Thanks for sharing - but exactly what does this have to with iPhoto for Mac where you posted?

LN

Open up the movie in Quicktime Player 7 and stop it at the frame you want to have as a jpeg. Use the key combination of Shift+Command+4 to take a screenshot of the screen.

Note that the resolution of the resulting jpeg file will not be as good as if you had taken a photo instead of a video.

How to take a screenshot on your Mac - Apple Support