How to extract frames from a video
Extracting a frame turns one moment of a video into an image: a JPG, PNG or WebP you can open, edit and share like any photo. With Snapframe it takes under a minute and nothing to install.
1. Open the video
On the home page, drag the file onto the dashed box or click "Choose video". The video opens right in your browser, with a preview and its resolution and length underneath. If you see a format warning, your browser can't decode that file; convert it to MP4 (H.264) and try again.
2. Choose how frames are picked
- Interval: one frame every N seconds. Good for long videos, lectures and screen recordings. With 0.5 you get two frames per second.
- Count: you say how many images you want and they are spread evenly from start to end. Good for a contact sheet or storyboard.
- Scenes: the video is scanned first and one frame is taken at the start of each cut. Good for trailers, music videos and edited clips.
The estimated number of frames shows before you start. The limit is 2,000 per run so the browser doesn't run out of memory.
3. Format and resolution
JPG is the lightest and fits almost everything. PNG is lossless and the right pick for editing or images with text. WebP sits in between, with smaller files than JPG at the same quality.
"Original" keeps the video's size. Picking 1080p or 720p shrinks the images and never upscales a smaller video.
4. Skip repeats
With "Skip repeated frames" on, a frame that is nearly identical to the previous one is dropped. That avoids dozens of identical images from slides, screen recordings and still shots.
5. Download
Frames appear in a grid as they are extracted, each with its exact timestamp. Download them one by one or click "Download all (ZIP)". Files are numbered in video order, like my-video-001.jpg.
Tips
- For the sharpest photo of a moment, use a short interval (0.2 s) on a short clip and pick the best one from the grid.
- iPhone videos in HEVC may not open in Chrome on Windows. They open fine in Safari.
- Close other heavy tabs before extracting hundreds of 4K frames.