Better than a screenshot
A screenshot of a paused player captures whatever the player is displaying, scaled to your screen and sometimes with controls on top. Extracting the frame from the file gives you the original resolution: a full 3840×2160 image from 4K footage.
PNG is lossless, so the image is exactly what the decoder produced. Convert it to JPEG afterwards if you need a smaller file for the web.
Picking the right moment
Enter the start time in seconds, for example 12.5 for twelve and a half seconds in. Then choose how many consecutive frames to save, up to 50. At 30 frames per second, 30 frames covers one second of video.
Saving a short burst and picking the sharpest image works well for fast motion, where a single frame might be blurred.
Uses for still frames
Make a custom thumbnail for YouTube or a blog post from the best moment in your footage. Pull a reference image out of a screen recording for documentation. Check a sports technique or a product defect frame by frame. Or save a still from a family video when there was no time to take a photo.
Private by design
ClipFit processes your video inside your browser using FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly. The file is never uploaded, so there’s no waiting for transfers and no copy left on a server. Once you close the tab, nothing remains.
Questions
Are the frames full resolution?
Yes. Frames are saved at the video’s native resolution, so 4K video gives 3840×2160 images.
How many frames can I extract?
Up to 50 consecutive frames per video. For very high resolutions the limit may be lower to keep memory use manageable.
Why does the frame look different from what I paused on?
Players often show the nearest keyframe while seeking. The frame here is decoded precisely at the time you enter.
Can I get a JPEG instead of PNG?
Frames are saved as PNG to avoid any quality loss. Any image editor or your operating system’s preview app can convert them to JPEG in a couple of clicks.