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Arne Johnson · March 16th, 2005, 02:42 PM

People keep posting these high-rez stills from there footage...any idea how to do it? I've got FCP 4.5, and all I can get are 72 dpi, fairly small shots.

Thanks,

Arne

Dave Perry · March 16th, 2005, 02:58 PM

Arne,

The stills they are posting are 72 dpi as well. What they mean by hi res is that they are screen shots of hi res, also know as HD, footage or SD progressive footage.

You can up res these in photoshop if you need to print something. The way you can get screen shots is to open your clip in QuickTime pro and export a still image. It will be saved as a .pict file.

Another way to do it is to open in QT and use OS X to do a screen capture by hitting appl, shift, 3. Your cursor will turn to cross hairs and you clip and drag around what you want to capture. The resulting image will be saved to your desktop as Image1.pdf, Image2.pdf, Image3.pdf, etc.

Arne Johnson · March 16th, 2005, 03:35 PM

Thanks, Dave...I've been using FCP's Quicktime Conversion, but I guess I can cut out the middle man...

Arne

Cannon Pearson · March 17th, 2005, 06:24 AM

Command-shift-4 lets you drag and select. Command-shift-3 takes a shot of the whole screen.

A. J. deLange · March 18th, 2005, 07:35 AM

I use a piece of inexpensive shareware called BTVPro for capturing video and playing it back for simple review. It invokes QTime. In capture mode there is the option to capture a frame (or a DV Stream or a QT movie). Press that button, an audible click is emitted by the computer and you have a JPEG file in 720 x 480 resolution. You can then do whatever you want with that image (uprez, deinterlace etc.) in a program like Photoshop.

March 16th, 2005, 02:42 PM	#1
Arne Johnson Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: United States Posts: 88	High Rez Stills? People keep posting these high-rez stills from there footage...any idea how to do it? I've got FCP 4.5, and all I can get are 72 dpi, fairly small shots. Thanks, Arne

March 16th, 2005, 02:58 PM	#2
Dave Perry Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 796	Arne, The stills they are posting are 72 dpi as well. What they mean by hi res is that they are screen shots of hi res, also know as HD, footage or SD progressive footage. You can up res these in photoshop if you need to print something. The way you can get screen shots is to open your clip in QuickTime pro and export a still image. It will be saved as a .pict file. Another way to do it is to open in QT and use OS X to do a screen capture by hitting appl, shift, 3. Your cursor will turn to cross hairs and you clip and drag around what you want to capture. The resulting image will be saved to your desktop as Image1.pdf, Image2.pdf, Image3.pdf, etc. __________________ Dave Perry Cinematographer LLC Director of Photography • Editor • Digital Film Production • 540.915.2752 • daveperry.net

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March 16th, 2005, 03:35 PM	#3
Arne Johnson Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: United States Posts: 88	Thanks, Dave...I've been using FCP's Quicktime Conversion, but I guess I can cut out the middle man... Arne

March 17th, 2005, 06:24 AM	#4
Cannon Pearson Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 123	Command-shift-4 lets you drag and select. Command-shift-3 takes a shot of the whole screen.

March 18th, 2005, 07:35 AM	#5
A. J. deLange Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: McLean, VA United States Posts: 749	I use a piece of inexpensive shareware called BTVPro for capturing video and playing it back for simple review. It invokes QTime. In capture mode there is the option to capture a frame (or a DV Stream or a QT movie). Press that button, an audible click is emitted by the computer and you have a JPEG file in 720 x 480 resolution. You can then do whatever you want with that image (uprez, deinterlace etc.) in a program like Photoshop.