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Video to JPG

Take pictures out of a video.

Everything is processed on your device. Nothing you upload or type is sent to a server, and nothing is stored.

Video to JPG online

Pausing a video and taking a screenshot gives you whatever your screen happened to be showing — the wrong resolution, the player's controls across the bottom, and a compressed copy of a compressed frame. Pulling the frames out of the file itself gives you the picture at its real size, clean. Use it to grab a thumbnail, to find the one frame where nobody blinked, or to lay a whole clip out as a contact sheet.

How to use video to jpg

  1. Add your video

    Drag in an MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV file, or click to choose one.

  2. Choose how often to take a frame

    One every second gives you plenty to choose from. Wider spacing gives an overview of a long video.

  3. Pick JPG or PNG

    JPG for anything filmed. PNG for screen recordings, where it keeps text and lines perfectly sharp.

  4. Download the images

    One file, or a zip if there are several, named by where they came from.

Frequently asked questions

Should I choose JPG or PNG?

JPG for real footage — anything filmed with a camera or a phone. It is a fraction of the size and the difference is invisible on photographic content. PNG for screen recordings, slides, diagrams or anything with text: JPG blurs sharp edges against flat backgrounds, and on a screenshot that shows up immediately as fuzz around the letters.

How many frames can I extract?

Up to 200 in one run. That is a memory limit rather than an arbitrary one — every frame is decoded and held as a full image before it is saved. If a long video needs more coverage, widen the spacing, or trim it into sections first.

What resolution are the images?

The video's own frame size, unless you ask for something smaller. A 1080p clip gives 1920 × 1080 images. That is generally higher than a screenshot of the same video, because a player is usually scaling it down to fit your window.

Why does a frame look blurry?

Because that frame was blurry in the video. Compressed video spends most of its bits on the frames it can afford to, and fast motion or a scene change leaves individual frames soft. Taking one a fraction of a second earlier or later often lands on a sharper frame.

Can I get just one specific frame?

Yes — set the spacing to cover the whole video and pick the one you want from the zip, or trim the clip to the moment first and extract from that. Trimming first is quicker when you already know where the shot is.

Is my video uploaded?

No. The frames are decoded in your browser using your device's video hardware, and neither the video nor the images are sent anywhere.

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