Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Seven:
If you want to pull a single frame out of
your video and actually make a still image
from it, then you'd do the same thing you
did in the previous step: find the part
of the video where you'd like to pull a
still image from, then click on the Frame
button, but this time choose
Capture
Frame
. This creates a second file (a JPEG
image file just like any other photo) and
puts it to the right of your video clip in the
Filmstrip (as seen here). By the way, if you
haven't added this video to a collection yet,
instead, the JPEG image gets stacked with
your video clip (see Chapter 2 for what
stacking is and why it's handy). You'll know
it worked if you see a “2” in the upper-left
corner of your thumbnail (that's letting
you know you have two images in your
stack). Again, that's only if your video isn't
in a collection (like mine is here).
Step Eight:
Knowing how to create a still frame like
we just did is really important, because
now we're going to use that technique
to get into the really fun stuff, which is
applying effects to your video clips. Now,
just for fun, click on your video clip, then
press the letter
D
on your keyboard to
jump over to the Develop module. You'll
see “Video is not supported in Develop.”
appear in the center Preview area, but
don't worry, you're not out of luck. Press
G
to jump back to the Library module's
Grid view, and then look over in the right
side Panels area. You see those Quick
Develop controls? That's right, baby, we
can use 'em on our video (well, not all of
them, but some of the most important
ones. I'll show you the trick to getting
more editing controls in a moment).
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