It is not a stupid question. In my 3 years of flying my drone - I have never taken a single picture - as I am a videographer.Hi sorry for the stupid question, is it possible to extract a full quality ‘still’ jpeg image from a 2.7k video or 1080p? Do you need certain software if you can?
Fantastic detailed answer! ? Thank you very much ? so the still quality from the video is of acceptable quality for pixel peepers and printing? I do have Photoshop Premiere Elements video editor just remembered so hopefully I could use this for editing. Cheers for advice superbIt is not a stupid question. In my 3 years of flying my drone - I have never taken a single picture - as I am a videographer.
If I need a picture - I have various video software programs that enable me to capture a screenshot/snapshot from the video footage. Your capabilities will depend on your FPS setting, i.e - frames per second. I sometimes shoot at 60fps on my P3S - which means compromising 1080p for 720p - because the higher FPS comes in extremely handy for a smoother "slow motion" effect in post production software. I use Corel Videostudio Ultimate and Cyberlink Powerdirector Ultimate - depending on what specific task I need to accomplish. I also use Sony Vegas Pro when I am editing multi-cam concert video shoots because that software enables me to synch several cameras together so that I can view them all at once and it gives me the choice as to what camera I wish to select next - "on the beat". (My Youtube Channel is WEMWUSA)
Great thanks will take a look ?Download vlc. It’s free. Under Tools is the capture stills. I’ve used it a bunch and it works great!
Much appreciate the advice. Yes I use QuickTime on a PC and also Photoshop. I’m a traditional still shooter on Canon so new to extracting stills from video especially on a drone - all great advice! Are you always happy with still photo quality after processing? Is it similar as if using the normal camera shot mode on the drone? Thanks againIf you're using a Mac, and you play the video with Quicktime, simply pause on the frame you wish (using the Left Right arrow keys to get the exact frame) then hit the CMD-C keys to copy the image. In Photoshop or Photos or other imaging softwares, select File New, then enter, then Paste. Your image will be ready to edit. (note, whatever the video resolution you're using, that's how large the Still capture will be.) HTHs
The image from a still should be about the same as the image from your camera sensor at 2.7K video, or 2704 x 1520 @ 72 ppi, or 11.267 x 6.338 @ 240 ppi. Which produces fine photos (you may need to Sharpen them slightly if the video image was noticeably moving)Much appreciate the advice. Yes I use QuickTime on a PC and also Photoshop. I’m a traditional still shooter on Canon so new to extracting stills from video especially on a drone - all great advice! Are you always happy with still photo quality after processing? Is it similar as if using the normal camera shot mode on the drone? Thanks again
Thanks for the reply, the images sound more than acceptable will be giving it a go! CheersThe image from a still should be about the same as the image from your camera sensor at 2.7K video, or 2704 x 1520 @ 72 ppi, or 11.267 x 6.338 @ 240 ppi. Which produces fine photos (you may need to Sharpen them slightly if the video image was noticeably moving)
Despite the optimistic answers no-one has given you the correct information.Hi sorry for the stupid question, is it possible to extract a full quality ‘still’ jpeg image from a 2.7k video or 1080p? Do you need certain software if you can?
Despite the optimistic answers no-one has given you the correct information.
You can save frame grabs from any video ... but you cannot extract a full quality ‘still’ jpeg image from a 2.7k video or 1080p.
If you were to shoot stills with that drone your image resolution would be 4000 x 3000 = 12MB
From video the higest resolution will be 2704 x1520 = 4.1 MB
Besides the big difference in resolution, with video you are likely to be dealing with much slower shutter speeds than you'd use if shooting stills.
So you can get low-res images that might be unsharp due to motion blurring, but you can't get a full quality ‘still’ jpeg image from your video.
If you want quality stills, you should shoot stills.
The issue of what is good enough depends on the purpose, and the viewer’s standards. For print, the guidelines for a full res high quality picture is 300 pixels per inch for a print viewed at 10 inches from the viewer. Take the capture’s horizontal pixel dimension and decide it by 300. For video, divide it by 72 or 96.
These are standards that have been developed over a long period based on lots of photographic projects. They can serve as a starting point for your experiments.