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Video Frame Extractor

Pull a still out of any video — a single frame at a precise HH:MM:SS timestamp, or one frame every N seconds exported as a ZIP for thumbnails, contact sheets, references, or training data. Everything runs in your browser and frames come back as lossless PNG.

How to use this tool

  1. 01

    Upload your video

    Drop in or choose any format FFmpeg supports — it's decoded locally and never uploaded.

  2. 02

    Pick mode

    Choose a single frame at a timestamp, or one frame every N seconds bundled into a ZIP.

  3. 03

    Set timestamp or interval

    Enter an HH:MM:SS timestamp for single mode, or the interval in seconds for batch mode.

  4. 04

    Extract and download

    Single mode returns one PNG; interval mode returns a ZIP archive of every sampled frame.

Why this matters

Pulling a clean still out of a video is a constant need — a thumbnail candidate, a frame to retouch, a reference pose, a contact sheet to skim an hour of footage — and the usual options are bad. Desktop editors are overkill for one image, OS screenshots are capped at screen resolution and add scaling, and most online extractors make you upload the entire file just to get one picture back.

This tool decodes the video right in your browser, so nothing is uploaded and full- resolution frames come back as lossless PNG. Single-frame mode seeks to an exact HH:MM:SS timestamp; interval mode samples one frame every N seconds and bundles the set into a ZIP. For long sources, pair it with the Video Trimmer to cut the section you care about first and stay within browser memory.

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FAQ

PNG is lossless: the exported pixels are exactly what the decoder produced, with no extra compression on top, which makes it the right pick for analysis, rotoscoping, or graphics work. JPG files are far smaller, which matters when you're pulling many frames in interval mode, but each one re-compresses the image and adds artifacts. This tool defaults to PNG so frames stay faithful to the source — reach for JPG only when total file size matters more than fidelity.

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