Operation Manual

158 Pinnacle Studio 9
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THE FRAME GRABBER
The Frame Grabber can capture a still image from any
video capture source supported by Studio, or extract a
single frame from any video clip in your current project.
The grabbed frame can be added directly to your movie
or saved out to disk in any of a number of standard
graphics formats.
Once you have saved a grabbed frame to disk, you can:
• Use it in other software applications.
• Manipulate it in image-editing software.
• Import it back into your movies as a still image via
the Album or the Title Editor.
The Frame grabber tool
Use the Frame grabber tool in conjunction with
the Player. To access it, open the Toolbox and
click the Frame grabber button.
Play the movie or source video until the frame you
want is displayed in the Player, then click the Grab
button. The grabbed frame appears in the tool’s
preview area, ready to be added to your movie or saved
as a file on disk.
Grab from: Select a source for the frame grabber by
clicking either the Movie or the Camcorder button at
the top of the tool. Choosing Camcorder means that the
frame grabber will use your current video source, as