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Chuck Spaulding · September 8th, 2007, 11:13 AM

Sorry this is a bit off topic.

A friend of mine recently purchase the sports car that William Holden drives in the movie Sabrina. It's a bit rough around the edges and wants to restore it to the same condition it was in the movie.

He'd like to get stills of the car from the movie but the DVD is copy protected.

Anyone know how I might be able to accomplish this?

Stu Holmes · September 8th, 2007, 12:20 PM

Play the DVD on a PC.

Pause it at the appropriate place.

Hit the "Prt Scrn" button towards top right of the PC keyboard.
This will take a screen-shot of the screen.

Paste it into any application : Word, Notepad, Wordpad, Excel, Photoshop etc , and crop it and then save or print as necessary.

EDIT: Sorry just see this is on Mac forum...
no problem, same sort of thing. Instead of "Prt Scrn", the mac equivalent is SHIFT + COMMAND + 3. You will hear a "click" (camera shutter) and the image is saved to the Images folder on the mac. Find it, import to IPhoto, and crop it and save it as necessary.

Chuck Spaulding · September 8th, 2007, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stu Holmes

Play the DVD on a PC.

Pause it at the appropriate place.

Hit the "Prt Scrn" button towards top right of the PC keyboard.
This will take a screen-shot of the screen.

Paste it into any application : Word, Notepad, Wordpad, Excel, Photoshop etc , and crop it and then save or print as necessary.

EDIT: Sorry just see this is on Mac forum...
no problem, same sort of thing. Instead of "Prt Scrn", the mac equivalent is SHIFT + COMMAND + 3. You will hear a "click" (camera shutter) and the image is saved to the Images folder on the mac. Find it, import to IPhoto, and crop it and save it as necessary.

Doesn't work. If the DVD is copy protected you can't use screen capture to grab a still and VLC won't play it.

I got a copy of MacRipper and that worked.

Thanks for the reply.

Jonathan Jones · September 9th, 2007, 12:41 PM

Chuck is correct. On the Mac, the screen grab functionality is disabled when the DVD player is active.

Probably your best bet in this situation would be SnapzProX from Ambrosia Software. I think there are a couple of versions available with corresponding pricing. I believe that the "stills only" capture version is about $29, and the higher priced one ($69) allows you to capture moving video.

I understand that there are a few other recently released competing products out there that are similar, some lower priced, and some higher, but I don't remember their names and haven't used them.

I use SnapzProX (video capture version) to capture onscreen video of my use of various applications to create demos of how to use those applications. Its pretty effortless.

-Jon

Chuck Spaulding · September 10th, 2007, 09:24 AM

Thanks for the info Jon.

I ended up using MacRipper with screen grab. The quality wasn't bad, but since I didn't care about quality [these are for reference] it was fine.

I'll check out SnapZPro. Thanks again.

Neil Rostance · September 10th, 2007, 12:36 PM

for a full rez version....

Use MPEG Stremclip to open the VOB file. Then export the frame as a still image.

September 8th, 2007, 11:13 AM	#1
Chuck Spaulding Trustee Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Thousand Oaks Posts: 1,104	Printing Still from a DVD Sorry this is a bit off topic. A friend of mine recently purchase the sports car that William Holden drives in the movie Sabrina. It's a bit rough around the edges and wants to restore it to the same condition it was in the movie. He'd like to get stills of the car from the movie but the DVD is copy protected. Anyone know how I might be able to accomplish this?

September 9th, 2007, 12:41 PM	#4
Jonathan Jones Trustee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Healdsburg, California Posts: 1,138	Chuck is correct. On the Mac, the screen grab functionality is disabled when the DVD player is active. Probably your best bet in this situation would be SnapzProX from Ambrosia Software. I think there are a couple of versions available with corresponding pricing. I believe that the "stills only" capture version is about $29, and the higher priced one ($69) allows you to capture moving video. I understand that there are a few other recently released competing products out there that are similar, some lower priced, and some higher, but I don't remember their names and haven't used them. I use SnapzProX (video capture version) to capture onscreen video of my use of various applications to create demos of how to use those applications. Its pretty effortless. -Jon __________________ "Are we to go on record, sir, with our assertion that the 'pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers' are, in point of fact', magically delicious?" - Walter Hollarhan before the House Subcommittee on Integrity in Advertising - May, 1974

September 10th, 2007, 09:24 AM	#5
Chuck Spaulding Trustee Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Thousand Oaks Posts: 1,104	Thanks for the info Jon. I ended up using MacRipper with screen grab. The quality wasn't bad, but since I didn't care about quality [these are for reference] it was fine. I'll check out SnapZPro. Thanks again. Last edited by Chuck Spaulding; September 10th, 2007 at 09:25 AM. Reason: I can't type this morning

September 8th, 2007, 12:20 PM	#2
Stu Holmes Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Europe Posts: 844	Play the DVD on a PC. Pause it at the appropriate place. Hit the "Prt Scrn" button towards top right of the PC keyboard. This will take a screen-shot of the screen. Paste it into any application : Word, Notepad, Wordpad, Excel, Photoshop etc , and crop it and then save or print as necessary. EDIT: Sorry just see this is on Mac forum... no problem, same sort of thing. Instead of "Prt Scrn", the mac equivalent is SHIFT + COMMAND + 3. You will hear a "click" (camera shutter) and the image is saved to the Images folder on the mac. Find it, import to IPhoto, and crop it and save it as necessary.

September 10th, 2007, 12:36 PM	#6
Neil Rostance Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lace Market, Nottingham, UK Posts: 194	for a full rez version.... Use MPEG Stremclip to open the VOB file. Then export the frame as a still image.