User Guide

94 Studio 8
The Frame grabber tool
Use the Frame grabber tool in conjunction
with the Player. Open the Toolbox and click the
Frame grabber button. Play the movie or source video
until you the frame you want is displayed in the Player,
then click the Grab button. The grabbed frame appears
in the tool’s preview area, ready to be added to your
movie or saved as a file on disk.
Grab from: Select a source for the frame grabber by
clicking either the Movie or the Camcorder button at
the top of the tool. Choosing Camcorder means that the
frame grabber will use your current video source, as
configured in the Capture Source Options panel and
the Capture Format Options panel (see Appendix A:
Setup Options).
Transport controls: If your source video is a DV
camcorder, MicroMV camcorder or VCR connected to
a 1394 port, Studio provides convenient on-screen
transport controls for locating the frame you wish to
grab. For a description of these controls see “The
Camcorder Controller” on page 6.