# Is there a way to capture and save a still image from a YouTube video? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 19, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-capture-and-save-a-still-image-from-a-youtube-video/749503 "2016-03-19T11:10:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-capture-and-save-a-still-image-from-a-youtube-video/749503/1 "2016-03-19T11:10:05Z")
Seems like there must be a way, but I’ll be durned if I can figure it out. Thanks, mmm ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-capture-and-save-a-still-image-from-a-youtube-video/749503/2 "2016-03-19T11:14:08Z")
Full screen, print screen, use an image editing program, ctrl-V, save works for me. I don’t know if that results in any loss of quality or if there’s a quicker method. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-capture-and-save-a-still-image-from-a-youtube-video/749503/3 "2016-03-19T13:46:22Z")
With KDE it is simpler to use _KSnapshot_ — or similar applications for Gnome/Apple/Windows ( I definitely remember a free Polish snapshotting app forWindows over 10 years ago ) — where you outline the image, enter, and save as PNG or JPG or whatever. ‘Rectangular Region’ is best for already images. And it’s easier if you download the video first, selecting the highest quality: with Firefox I recently found some music videos using the venerable ‘_Video Download Helper_’ end up empty thanks to copyright changes by that extension; so _'Clip Converter_’ is now the boy. Having done that it may then be possible to extract all the images contained therein, but I haven’t done that. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-capture-and-save-a-still-image-from-a-youtube-video/749503/4 "2016-03-19T14:16:41Z")
Windows 7 and up has a Snipping tool that will capture any portion of your screen. It’s cut and paste but VERY handy. > **[Use Snipping Tool to capture screenshots - Microsoft Support](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots-00246869-1843-655f-f220-97299b865f6b)** > > Learn how to use Snipping Tool to capture a screenshot, or snip, of any object on your screen, and then annotate, save, or share the image. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-capture-and-save-a-still-image-from-a-youtube-video/749503/5 "2016-03-19T15:04:42Z")
If you happen to be on OS X, the corresponding keystroke for full screen capture is shift-command-3, and if you just want part of the screen, it’s shift-command-4, which will give you a crosshairs with which to define the two opposite corners of the rectangle you want to capture. ---
**Author:** ![desertmonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@desertmonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/desertmonk)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-capture-and-save-a-still-image-from-a-youtube-video/749503/6 "2016-03-20T10:38:31Z")
Watch the video on an iPhone and save it as a screen cap is easy too.