Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom OConnell" <
tomoc@y...> wrote:
> 
> Jack-
> 
> Thanks for the advice. I'm not using a video editing app, just a 
> viewer.
> 
Hi Tom- The built in Operating system accesory apps should work fine for 
this- I am at home for now bit will check the windows machine at work when I 
go in.  Windows (XP) should have shipped with something called Movie 
Maker II. I am pretty sure this app can export a still once you get the footage 
digitized.  Mac operating system should have come with something called 
iMovie which can also export a still.
You can use your VCR  and a MiniDv camera to digitize the footage. From 
the back of the VCR, use RCA cables to Miniplug to send video "out" to the 
Minidv cam "in". From the dvcam go out thru the firewire to the computer. 
Within the program there should be some kind of "capture" button.-just 
capture the footage you want to work with- it doesn't matter if you get more 
because once in the program you are going to be able to move frame by 
frame to the spot you are interested in. Somewhere in the program 
MovieMaker or iMovie-there is a "capture still" or "export frame" function. 
Name it, save it, and open in PS-video filters/de-interlace and you are there-
It's easier to do than explain!-Jack