Video to images
Pull still frames out of a video — a thumbnail, or one every few seconds.
Useful for a thumbnail, for reading a slide somebody filmed rather than photographed, or for turning a lecture recording into something you can skim. Choose how often to take a frame and where to stop: one frame a second over a ten-minute video is six hundred images, so the cap matters more than it looks. The images come back as a zip.
How to use it
- Add the video.
- Choose how often to take a frame, and how many to stop at.
- Press Extract the frames and download the zip.
Why use this tool
Completely private
Everything runs inside your browser. Your files and text are never sent to a server.
Free, with no limits
No sign-up, no watermarks and no cap on how many times you can use it.
Instant results
There is no upload or queue to wait for, so results appear as fast as your device can work.
Works on any device
Runs in any modern browser on phone, tablet or desktop. Nothing to install.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I get just one picture?
- Set the frame limit to one. You will get the opening frame. For a specific moment, trim the video to start there first, then extract one frame from that.
- Should I choose JPG or PNG?
- JPG for anything filmed — it is several times smaller and the difference is invisible on camera footage. PNG for screen recordings and slides, where sharp text and flat colour are what you are after.
- Why is there a limit on the number of frames?
- Because there has to be one. Every frame is held in your browser's memory until the zip is built, so an unlimited extraction from a long video fills the tab and stops it before it finishes.
- Why is the zip larger than the video?
- Still images are not compressed across time the way video is. A video stores mostly the differences between frames; separate pictures each store everything. Two hundred frames from a short clip can easily outweigh the video they came from.