There are many ways to take pictures from a video on Android devices. You may need to do this because there are moments in a video where you’d like to take a static picture of. Taking a picture from a video on Android is simple. You can do this through the Android device itself or use a dedicated Android application to assist you.
The first, the manual way to take a picture from a video on Android Devices:
How to Take a Picture from a Video on Android Devices?
Do you have a video and don’t know how to take a picture from it? Let us help you with some simple and easy methods to take a picture from a video on your Android smartphone or even on a tablet.
- Step 1: Play the video on your Android smartphone or tablet.
- Step 2: Tap on the Pause button.
- Step 3: Set the Play button on the video where you want to take the picture.
- Step 4: Tap on the tiny icon with a camera at the top. (The player interface might be different for different versions of Android devices.)
- Step 5: Now you have your image from the video.
- Take a Picture from a Video on Android through Apps
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To use dedicate applications, there are a few. We’ll just list two:
- Video to Photo Frame Grabber
- Video to Image Converter
1. Video to Photo Frame Grabber
It is a simple and quite reliable app in this field. The best advantage of this app is that it can capture various frames from a single video. It has an easy and straightforward interface.
All you have to do is to choose the video from your gallery and tap on the Camera icon at the bottom-left corner. It might take some time for the image to appear. Moreover, you can select the option Area of the picture, zoom on a particular subject and take its photo too.
Furthermore, you can change the image settings such as the resulting file format, image quality, and image size. No doubt, modifying the image quality has a huge impact on the output file. Also, it creates separate folders for each video on the phone gallery.
2. Video to Image Converter
It works in the same manner as the above app. The only difference is that it gives you the option to edit photos after you take them. Tap on the Camera icon at the top-right corner and you’re done. Once, you’ve selected all the photos, hit Done. For editing photos, long press on the captured frames and hit the edit icon at the bottom.
You all might be thinking why not simply take the screenshot of the video but you must know that the resulting image will never match the quality of the video.
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