Save Frame

Make photos from videos

How to

Different ways you can utilize Save Frame

Watch a video frame-by-frame

Do you have a video you want to review frame-by-frame?

Save Frame, while designed to extract photos, can also be used to review videos frame-by-frame! You can open a video and watch it in slow motion, all the way down to a manual frame-by-frame stepper. Great for reviewing videos of sports, or kids. And if you want, you can save the frames you like, it’s up to you.

The bulk extract feature can even be used to extract literally every frame from a video, allowing you to step through them in other apps, like the Photos app.

Gettiing the perfect kids photo by using video

Children can be notoriously hard to photography, always moving around, expressions changing. When trying to get a photo of several kids, the problem multiplies.

An alternative is to make a video, then extract the perfect frame. Here’s the ideal setup using Save Frame:

  1. Record a video in 4k (for the highest resolution), and ideally 60fps (for the most frames captured). Point the camer at your subject just like normal.
  2. Use Save Frame to analize the video to find that perfect frame. Unlike a still photo or a live photo with a video you will have 100s of frames to choose from. Save Frame exports at the full video resolution, which in the case of 4k will create sharp 8MP photos, only a fraction below the standard 12MP, but with the benefit that can capture the perfect freeze-frame.

How to create photos from snorkling videos

One of my favorite uses of Save Frame is to create photos from snorkling videos. It’s fiddly using a camera while underwater, so I prefer just to let the video roll and see what frames I caught later.

Here’s my setup:

Disclaimer: using electronics under water is inherantly risky. You assume the risk of using this setup.

  1. Get an underwater bag for your iPhone (or; a dedicated underwater camera)
  2. Record in 4k (for the highest resolution), and ideally 60fps (for the most frames captured)
  3. Go snorkling, hit the record button and take it all in
  4. Review the video in Save Frame, and extract the photos you want
  5. Due to the light-shift, you may want to use the iPhone’s “Auto” adjust mode on the photos post-save.

That’s it! You can get amazing photos out of your snorkling trip to share.