Open your own video, scrub to any moment, and export that exact frame as a full-resolution image. The file never leaves your browser.
Unlimited — runs entirely in your browser
How It Works
Pick a local file. It is read by your browser directly and never uploaded anywhere.
Use the timeline or step frame by frame to land on exactly the moment you want.
The frame is captured at your video's full resolution — not a scaled-down preview.
A video is a sequence of still images played quickly. Extracting a frame means taking one of those stills and saving it as a picture — at whatever resolution your video actually is, so a 4K video yields a 4K image.
This is different from a YouTube thumbnail downloader, which fetches an image someone else's video already published. This works on files on your own machine: footage you shot, a screen recording, an export you have not uploaded yet.
It runs entirely in the browser, which is not a marketing line but a technical consequence: your browser can already decode video and draw it to a canvas, so there is nothing a server would add. Your file is never transmitted, which makes this usable on footage you would not upload to a random website.
Why Use This Tool
The exported image matches your video's real resolution, not the size of the preview player.
The file is decoded locally by your browser. It never touches a server, so private footage stays private.
JPG for photographic frames and small files, PNG for screen recordings, text and graphics.
Step one frame at a time to land on exactly the right expression instead of near it.
No upload wait, no file cap, no account.
The fastest way to pull a cover image for a Reel, Short or TikTok out of the clip itself.
Open the file here, scrub to the moment, and export. The frame is captured at your video's full resolution.
Better. A screenshot captures your screen — so it is limited to your display resolution and includes whatever scaling the player applied. This reads the actual decoded frame, so a 4K video gives you a 4K image.
No. Your browser decodes the file locally and draws the frame to a canvas. Nothing is sent anywhere, which is why there is no file size limit.
JPG for camera footage — smaller files and no visible difference. PNG for screen recordings, slides or anything with text and sharp edges, where JPG compression creates visible artefacts.
Whatever your browser can play — MP4 and WebM universally, MOV in most current browsers.
No, this is for picking individual frames. Bulk extraction of thousands of images is a job for desktop software.
Fine for one video. For fifteen clips off one recording it is fifteen scrubs through footage you have already watched. ShortsHero selects a strong opening frame for every clip it produces.
Automate the whole clipFree to start · No credit card required
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Paste a YouTube URL and download its thumbnail in every available size, up to 1280×720 HD. Free, unlimited, no login, works with Shorts too.
Crop video online free. Drag a crop box over your footage, snap it to 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, and export — no watermark, no sign-up.
Trim video online free. Set in and out points on a timeline and export just the section you want — no watermark, no sign-up, no software to install.
Free video aspect ratio calculator. Enter your source size for exact 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 and 16:9 dimensions, plus how much of the frame each crop throws away.