Stills from Video - help needed

[Misheemee]

Hi All,

I'm really new to video - I've started recording my 14yo son's Rugby Games with my iPhone and videos turn out great! I've done very basic editing of those videos (extremely basic) thus far - I normally do a lot of cropping on my iPhone.

My son was in a Rep tournament on the weekend and I leant another parent my DSLR, but she managed to switch the DSLR from AutoFocus to Manual Focus and majority of the pictures she took didn't turn out.

I realise you can probably play the video on the iPhone and screen grab, but is there a better way?

Can I/What is the best way - for me to create stills from my videos which I took on the day. Currently I have Lumafusion, and can access iMovie. I have the videos stored on my iPhone and on my MBP.

Really appreciate your help!

 

[arw]

If you already have the video on your Mac, use the great video player IINA.
There you can navigate frame-by-frame by pressing , and . (previous / next frame).
To save the current frame, press cmd+S.
A *.png file is saved to ~/Pictures/Screenshots
It's extracted from the video, not a normal screen grab.

 

[Misheemee]

If you already have the video on your Mac, use the great video player IINA.
There you can navigate frame-by-frame by pressing , and . (previous / next frame).
To save the current frame, press cmd+S.
A *.png file is saved to ~/Pictures/Screenshots
It's extracted from the video, not a normal screen grab.

Amazing, thank you so much arw - I really appreciate it!!

I didn't see it in the App Store - can I confirm I'm in the right place here

 

[arw]

Yes. That's why I hyperlinked the name

 

[Misheemee]

Yes. That's why I hyperlinked the name

Sorry I missed it 😂- it's 6am here in Sydney Australia and I'm on first coffee of the day Really appreciate your help, thank you!

 

[Misheemee]

If you already have the video on your Mac, use the great video player IINA.
There you can navigate frame-by-frame by pressing , and . (previous / next frame).
To save the current frame, press cmd+S.
A *.png file is saved to ~/Pictures/Screenshots
It's extracted from the video, not a normal screen grab.

Got it and it's awesome, thank you!

Any idea how I can fix this? The video isn't over exposed like this

 

[arw]

Ouch, it's an HDR video. Apparently IINA has a problem with capturing stills from HDR videos.
I only record SDR and therefore never noticed before. Sorry.

Maybe iMovie can export correctly tonemapped stills but I have never used it.
Hopefully others have a proper solution!

Spoiler: This is what I tried so far:

My quick results from an iPhone HDR (Dolby Vision) clip:
- VLC works but screenshot is rather flat
- 'QuickTime Player.app' with 'Preview.app' is a bit darker but more detailed than 'VLC'
- macOS 'Screenshot.app' is overexposed

In 'VLC', the next frame can be called by pressing E and the frame is saved with the menu Video > Snapshot or the keys opt ⌥+cmd ⌘+S.
It is saved to ~/Pictures

In 'QuickTime Player.app' navigate to frame with arrow keys. Click File > Copy or press cmd ⌘+C.
Open 'Preview.app' and select cmd ⌘+N or File > New from Clipboard.