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Is "export frame" the highest quality?

Aug 20, 2012 6:17 PM

Hi.  Sometimes I want to have a video clip freeze.  That is to say, the final product will have two or more frames that are identical, taken from a single frame of a movie clip.

 

The way I've been doing this is using the Source or Program monitor to find the relevant frame, export it, and re-import it as a still.  Yet, it occurs to me that when watching videos in the Source or Program monitors, I am not watching the video at its highest quality.  When I finally render my product, I will render it at highest quality.  Does this cause a mis-match between the exported frame and my final product?

 

When I "export frame", does Premiere take the time to render that frame at best possible quality?  Or am I just getting a preview-quality frame?

 

Richard

 
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    Aug 20, 2012 6:32 PM   in reply to Richardcavell

    The exported/frame grabbed frame will be full quality. The lowered quality is for preview purposes only from within Premiere itself.  As long as you don't select .jpeg and stick with a lossless image format when you do a frame grab from within Premiere it will be full quality.

     
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    Aug 20, 2012 11:05 PM   in reply to Richardcavell

    Would cost nothing to test it for your self.

     

    Also checkout the technique of Razoring a clip and applying the Freeze (Hold) at the razor edit point

     
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