It never uploads
Your video is read through a local object URL and drawn to a canvas in this tab. There is no request, no queue and no copy on a server to delete later.
FRAME GRABBER · NOTHING LEAVES YOUR DEVICE
Grab a still frame from any video
Load a video, scrub to the moment you want, and save that single frame at full resolution. It happens in this tab — the file is never uploaded, and there is no account to make.
FREE · NO UPLOAD · PNG OR JPEG AT SOURCE RESOLUTION
Frame grabber
Choose a video file, move to the frame you want, and capture it. Everything runs in your browser.
The file is read locally and drawn to a canvas. It is not uploaded, and no copy is kept.
HOW IT WORKS
Four steps, all of them local
Nothing here talks to a server. The video is read from your disk, drawn once to a canvas, and handed back as an image file.
01
Choose the video
Any file your browser can play. Large files are fine — they are read from disk rather than copied or uploaded.
02
Find the frame
Drag the scrubber for the rough position, then step forward or back one frame at a time to land exactly.
03
Capture it
The frame is drawn at the video’s own resolution, so a 4K source gives a 4K still. Save as PNG to keep every pixel, or JPEG for a smaller file.
04
Use it
A still is the most useful thing you can own: a thumbnail, a reference, or the start frame of an AI clip.
WHY THIS ONE
Frame-accurate stills, and the footage never uploads
Your video is read in this tab and stepped through frame by frame, so the still you save is the one you chose, at the video’s own size.
It steps, not guesses
A screenshot catches whatever was on screen. Stepping frame by frame at a chosen rate lets you land on the one frame where the expression is right.
It keeps the resolution
The frame is captured at the video’s own dimensions rather than at the size of the player. A 4K source gives you a 4K still, not a window-sized one.
PAST THE PAGE
A still is where a good AI clip starts
Generating video from a text prompt asks the model to invent the whole scene. Starting from a frame fixes the composition, the colour and the subject before generation begins, which is why it usually takes fewer attempts to get something usable.
- Give the frame to the Video Studio as a start frame and describe only the motion — one camera move, one action.
- Draft at 360p for 30 credits, then re-render the take you want at 1080p for 125.
- In many countries a new account gets 100 free starter credits, no card. Unused starter credits expire 72 hours after they are granted.
This page is free and needs no account. Generating video is a billed mode; the pricing page lists what a clip costs.
See how image-to-video worksQUESTIONS
Frame grabbing, answered
Is the frame extractor free?
Yes, and there is no account. It runs entirely in your browser, so it costs us nothing to serve and costs you nothing to use. Generating video from the frame afterwards is a separate, billed thing.
Does my video get uploaded?
No. The file is read from your disk through a local object URL, drawn to a canvas, and turned into an image — all inside this tab. Nothing is sent anywhere, so there is no copy on a server for anyone to keep.
Should I save a PNG or a JPEG?
PNG if the frame is going anywhere else — it is lossless, so nothing is thrown away. JPEG when you want a smaller file and the frame is going straight into something that will re-compress it anyway.
Is the stepping frame-exact?
It is as exact as a browser allows. Browsers do not expose a video’s real frame rate, so stepping moves by one frame at the rate you choose. If a step lands between two frames, nudge it again — the scrubber is accurate to a millisecond.
Can I use the frame to make an AI video?
That is the main reason to grab one. A start frame fixes the composition before generation begins, so the model only has to handle motion, which usually takes fewer attempts than describing a whole scene from nothing.
Can I animate a frame with a real person in it?
No. Image-to-video refuses raw photographs of identifiable real people, deliberately — that is a consent boundary. Frames of products, places, animals, artwork and generated characters all work. A real person appears through Storyboard Studio, which they set up and control.
Make it move
Bring a still you already have into the Video Studio and describe the motion.
100 free starter credits in many countries · No card · Unused starter credits expire after 72 hours
No subscription: credit packs from €3.99, paid once. The credits you buy never expire.
Start creating freeExplore more
Image to video
What to do with the frame once you have it, and what the studio expects from a start frame.
Aspect ratio calculator
Check what a crop or a pad costs before you commit a frame to a shape.
Subtitle converter
Convert caption files between formats, also entirely in your browser.
Pricing
What generating from the frame actually costs, in credits. No subscription.
FROM A FRAME TO A CLIP
You have the frame.Now make it move.
A still you chose beats a scene the model invented. Bring the frame to the Video Studio, describe the motion, and draft it cheaply before you commit.