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Selection and media controls toolbar buttons
Related topics
• Creating video files and VCDs
Selecting part of a media file
You can select a segment of an audio or video file and play it.
To select part of an audio or video file:
1Click the Show Selection button.
2 Move the selection handles to specify the beginning and end of the selection.
3 To play the selection, click the Play Selection button.
Saving video frames as images
You can extract an individual frame from a video and save it as a still image, or extract multiple frames
and save each one as a single image.
To extract and save a single video frame as an image:
1 Do one of the following:
2 While the video is playing, click the Pause button at the frame you want to save.
Show Selection Toggles between showing and hiding the selection handles.
Play Selection Plays only the selected portion of the media file.
Save As Opens a dialog you can use to save the video with a new file
name.
Extract Frames Opens a menu you can use to copy, save, and extract video
frames.
Loop Continuously plays the media file or selection.
Rotate Rotates a video clockwise in 90-degree increments.
Auto Levels Effect Automatically adjusts the color and light levels in a video.
Gamma Effect Opens the Gamma dialog box, which you can use to adjust the
gamma of a video. Higher values brighten the video, while lower
values darken it. To reset the gamma level, click Default.