How To Convert Iphone Video To Photo

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Do you need to save a still image from a video on your iPhone or iPad? You can get a still image from any video by taking a screenshot. You can also use apps to get images from videos in your camera roll. This wikiHow teaches you how to get a still image from videos on your iPhone or iPad.

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Start playing a video. You can play any video. You can play a video from YouTube or another internet video, or you can play a video on your camera roll.
- Some videos may have DMR copyright protection such as videos on iTunes or Apple TV. This can prevent your from taking a screenshot of the video.
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Tap the center of the video. This displays the playback controls for the video.

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Tap to pause the video. You can pause the video by tapping the icon with two vertical lines to pause the video. On YouTube videos, this is in the center of the screen. On videos from your camera roll, the pause icon is in the upper-right corner of the video playback.
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Drag the playhead to the frame you want to capture. The playhead is the line, bar or dot at the bottom of the screen that indicates where the video is in the playback. Tap and drag the playhead left and right in the bar at the bottom of the screen to scrub the video. Stop on the frame you want to capture.
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Wait for the playback controls to disappear. On YouTube and most video playback apps, the playback controls will disappear after you wait for a few seconds.
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Take a screenshot. You can take a screenshot on your iPhone or iPad using the following steps, depending on the model of your iPhone or iPad. Your iPhone or iPad screen will flash white and you will hear the sound of a camera click. Use the following steps to take a screenshot on your iPhone or iPad:^[1]
- iPhone X and later: Press the Side button on the right and the Volume up button on the left at the same time.
- iPhone 8 and earlier: Press the Side button on the right and the home button below your screen at the same time.
- iPad: Press the power button on the top-right side of your iPad and the Home button below your screen at the same time.
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Locate the screenshot. Use the following steps to view your screenshots on your iPhone or iPad.
- Open the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Tap Albums.
- Tap Screenshots.
- Tap an image.
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Open the App Store . It has a blue icon with a white "A" in the center. Tap the App Store icon to open the App Store. Frame Grabber is an app that allows you to extract still images or frames from videos in your camera roll.
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Tap Search It's the tab in the lower-right corner of the App Store.
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Type Frame Grabber in the search bar. The Search bar is in the center of the screen. This searches for apps with a similar name and function in the App Store.
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Tap GET next to Frame Grabber. It has a white icon with an image that resembles a blue film strip. Tap the icon that says GET next to Frame Grabber in the App Store to download Frame Grabber.
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Open Frame Grabber. After Frame Grabber finishes downloading, you can download Frame Grabber by tapping OPEN next to Frame Grabber in the App Store, or by tapping the Frame Grabber icon on your home screen.
- The first time you open Frame Grabber, you will be asked if you want to allow Frame Grabber to have access to your videos. Tap the blue button that says Allow Access and then tap Ok in the alert to continue.
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Tap a video. When you open Frame Grabber, it displays a list of all the videos in your camera roll. Tap the video you want to get a still frame from.
- If the video needs to download from iCloud, allow a few minutes for it to download.
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Drag the white bar at the bottom to the frame you want to capture. The white bar at the bottom of the video represents the entire length of the video. Drag the white bar across the blue line in the center to scrub through the video. Stop on the frame you want to capture.
- You can also press the triangle 'Play' button at the bottom of the screen to play the video.
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Tap the checkmark icon. It's in the lower-right corner. This saves the still image and displays an options menu.
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Tap an option. There are several options you can do with an image you take from a video. You can save it to your camera roll or Files folder. You can copy it and paste it in a message or email. You can also import it into another app. Tap one of the following options:
- Tap an app: Tap one of the apps icons at the top of the menu to open the image in an app. You can open the image in AirDrop, Messages, Mail, Gmail, DropBox, and more.
- Copy: This copies the image to your clipboard. You can then paste the image in a message or email by tapping a text field that allows images and then tapping Paste in the pop-up menu.
- Print: This prints the image. You must have a printer on your network to print images.
- Save to Dropbox: This saves the image to your Dropbox. You must have the Dropbox app on your iPhone or iPad to save files to your Dropbox.
- Save Image: This saves this image to your camera roll.
- Add to Shared Album: This saves the image to a shared album in your iCloud.
- Save to Files: This saves the image to your "Files" folder.
- Import to [app name]. This allows you to import the image into another app, such as PS Express.
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1. Play a video from your camera roll or the internet.
2. Pause the video.
3. Scrub to the frame you want to capture using the timeline at the bottom of the video.
4. Wait for the playback controls to disappear.
5. Press the Power Button and Home button (iPad, iPhone 8 and earlier) or the Power button and Volume Up button (iPhone X or later) at the same time.
6. Open the Photos app.
7. View screenshot images in the Screenshots folder.

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