Program To Extract Stills at DVinfo.net

Dave Largent · December 8th, 2003, 08:11 PM

I was wondering if anyone knew the name or had experience with a program that makes stills out of
interlaced video. As I remember, the program
was suppose to be an improvement over
regular NLE extracion.
What is your opinion of the maximum print
size that looks good when capturing
stills using regular NLE?

Helen Bach · December 8th, 2003, 08:47 PM

Dave,
I've been using FieldsKit for a while. It is a good de-interlacer for making stills and for other processes. I've never tried printing video frame grabs to anything larger than video sleeve size, so I can't really say how big you can go. However I'm currently trying S-Spline Pro on digital stills and so far I have found it to be marginally better quality than step interpolation in Photoshop, and less trouble.
Best,
Helen

Dave Largent · December 9th, 2003, 12:20 AM

Thanks, Helen.
I got a trial of S-Spline. Seems pretty easy to use. I'll
probably end up getting it.
I think my NLE is not the best at deinterlacing. I'm thinking about going with DV Filmaker. Does anyone know if DV Filmaker has a "convert to still" function?

December 8th, 2003, 08:11 PM	#1
Dave Largent Trustee Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,483	Program To Extract Stills I was wondering if anyone knew the name or had experience with a program that makes stills out of interlaced video. As I remember, the program was suppose to be an improvement over regular NLE extracion. What is your opinion of the maximum print size that looks good when capturing stills using regular NLE?

December 8th, 2003, 08:47 PM	#2
Helen Bach Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New York, NY Posts: 120	Dave, I've been using FieldsKit for a while. It is a good de-interlacer for making stills and for other processes. I've never tried printing video frame grabs to anything larger than video sleeve size, so I can't really say how big you can go. However I'm currently trying S-Spline Pro on digital stills and so far I have found it to be marginally better quality than step interpolation in Photoshop, and less trouble. Best, Helen

December 9th, 2003, 12:20 AM	#3
Dave Largent Trustee Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,483	Thanks, Helen. I got a trial of S-Spline. Seems pretty easy to use. I'll probably end up getting it. I think my NLE is not the best at deinterlacing. I'm thinking about going with DV Filmaker. Does anyone know if DV Filmaker has a "convert to still" function?