User Guide

ACDSee Pro 2.5 - User Guide
224
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:
1. Click 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:
x While the video is playing, click the Pause button at the frame you want to save.
x On the progress slider, move the pointer to display the frame you want to save.
2. On the Selection and media controls toolbar, click the Extract Frames button and select
Extract Current Frame.
3. In the Extract Current Frame dialog box, select a folder in which to save your file.
4. In the File name field, type a file name.
5. Click the Save as type drop-down list and select a file format. You can click the Options
button to select or change any options associated with the file format.
6. Click Save.
To extract and save multiple video frames as images:
1. Select part of the video.
2. On the Selection and media controls toolbar, click the Extract Frames button, and then
select one of the following options:
x Extract Selected Frames: extracts all the video frames contained in the selected
portion of the video file.
x Extract All Frames: extracts all of the video frames in the video file.
3. In the Extracting Frames dialog box, click the Browse button, and then select the folder
where you want to save your files.
4. In the Filename Template field, type a filename template to use when saving the
images. Type a number sign (#) to insert a sequential number.
5. Click the Format drop-down list and select a file format. You can click the Options button
to select or change any options associated with the file format.
6. Click OK.