If you guys want to capture a still image from a video, then you can do that. Through using the Photos app that comes pre-installed on Windows 10 actually. Photos app is an in-built app in order to open pictures and videos on Windows 10. From editing to extracting frames from video, each and everything is possible using the Photos app on Windows 10. Another important function is that you can extract the frame in .jpg format. That is supported via almost every other third-party image editing tool. Just read this article to know all about How to Capture Still Image from video in Windows 10. Let’s start!
Before we start, make sure that you guys have already imported the video file in the Photos app. If you haven’t done that yet, then you will have to go through these steps in order to import photos and videos into the Photos app. Just like that, you can open the video file along with the Photos app as well. For that, right-tap on the video file > Open along with > Photos.
How to Capture Still Image from Video in Windows 10
Microsoft has also updated the Photos app and added quite a few features along with the update. Most of the more noteworthy features permit you in order to edit pictures that have been taken from a Windows phone, one running Windows 10. However, there’s a really neat new feature that lets you save a photo still from a video. It also lets you review a movie frame by frame and then save the one you need. The quality of the photo is just as good as the quality of the movie. The photos are in JPEG format, however, they are live pictures. Whenever you guys open them in the Photos app they will play. When you open them in a normal photo viewer then they will be still images.
In order to open a video in the Photos app, just right-tap the video file and choose the Photos app from the Open along with the context menu option. When the video starts playing, then right-tap on inside the player and choose the ‘Save photos from video’ option. Now, wait a few seconds when the app enters the photo capture mode.
The video player will then change in order to look like the one shown below. There’s a seek bar at the bottom to navigate to the time in the video you guys want to capture a still from, two arrows as well. That lets you move to the next or previous frame, and also a save button at the top that you will tap on when you’re ready in order to save the photo.
The photo is actually saved to the same folder that the video file resides in. You have to open the image in the Photos app and it will then play it for you. This button (indicated in the screenshot below) also lets you play and replay the current live photo actually.
If you guys open the photo in any other photo viewing app such as Irfan View or also say in your browser. It will not play actually. You will also see the frame you captured and nothing more than that.
