Extract Frames from Video
Grab still frames from an MP4 as PNG or JPG images, right in your browser. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.
Runs on your device, nothing uploaded
Drop a video here, or click to browse
Up to 5 GB · never leaves your device
Output
Press Extract frames and the result appears here.
Your videos never leave this tab
Extract Frames from Video is JavaScript that your browser has already downloaded, and it does the whole job on your own machine. On a normal site, a 5 GB video means 5 GB uploaded, a wait in somebody's queue, and 480 MB downloaded again. Here it means 0 bytes up and 0 bytes down. While you work, a temporary private copy of your video stays on this device, and it is deleted when you are done.
- No upload
- No file size limit
- Works offline once loaded
- Nothing uploaded or logged
How to use Extract Frames from Video
- 1. Upload the MP4 video and review the analysis. Drop or browse for the .mp4 file you want stills from. Videos up to 5 GB work: the file is read in small chunks rather than loaded whole, and it never leaves your device. The tool instantly analyzes the video and shows its duration, resolution, frame rate and codec.
- 2. Choose how to pick frames and the image format. Take a fixed number of frames spread evenly across the video, one frame every N seconds, or pick by hand: pause the player on the moment you want and press Grab this frame (tap a picked time to remove it). Marks on the strip under the player show where each frame will be taken; tap the strip to see that moment. Each run caps out at 300 frames. Pick PNG for lossless stills or JPG for smaller files.
- 3. Extract the frames and download the ZIP. Press Extract frames. Only the short sections around each moment are decoded, so even long files finish quickly. Each still is saved at full resolution with its timestamp in the name; save or share any one from the gallery, or download them all as a ZIP.
When to use Extract Frames from Video
Extract Frames from Video turns moments of an MP4 into individual PNG or JPG images, entirely in your browser without uploading the video to any server. Use it whenever you need clean still images from footage instead of the video itself.
- Making thumbnails for a video platform. Pull a dozen evenly spaced stills from a clip, then pick the sharpest, most representative one to upload as the thumbnail instead of settling for the platform's auto-generated pick.
- Documenting steps from a screen recording. Extract one frame every few seconds from a recorded demo to get numbered, timestamped screenshots you can paste straight into a manual, wiki page or bug report.
- Analyzing motion frame by frame. Grab a burst of closely spaced frames from sports footage or an experiment recording to compare positions across time, spot the exact moment something happens, or measure movement between stills.
- Picking a poster frame. Sample the whole video at even intervals and choose the best-looking still to use as a cover image, social preview or article hero without opening a video editor.
Examples
12 evenly spaced frames
Input
clip.mp4 (2 min) + 12 frames, PNG
Output
clip-frames.zip with frame-001 through frame-012 as .png files
One frame every 5 seconds
Input
tutorial.mp4 (1 min) + interval mode, JPG
Output
tutorial-frames.zip with 12 .jpg stills, one per 5 seconds
About the Extract Frames from Video tool
Extract Frames from Video is a free online tool that works entirely inside your web browser. Grab still frames from an MP4 as PNG or JPG images, right in your browser. Because the processing happens on your own device, nothing you open is uploaded or logged; the temporary private copy it works from stays on your device and is deleted when you are done.
This page is one of 12 Video utilities on EditSafely. Each one does a single job well, and all of them follow the same rule: your input stays on your machine.
You can shape the output with 5 settings, including Pick frames, Picked moments (seconds), How many frames and Seconds between frames, and the result refreshes the moment you change one. The finished file is put together in browser memory and saved with the Download button, so it never touches a server on the way to your disk. 2 worked examples further down the page show exactly what the tool produces for real inputs.
Because nothing leaves your device, the tool is suitable for sensitive content such as internal documents, credentials or customer data. It also responds instantly, since every step is handled on your own machine rather than by a remote API.
Frequently asked questions
Does Extract Frames from Video cost anything?
Yes, it is completely free. All 2,943 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.
Are my files uploaded to a server?
No data leaves your device. The whole tool is JavaScript that runs inside your browser tab, so there is no upload, no server-side processing and no log of what you did. If you disconnect from the internet after the page loads, it keeps working.
Which files does Extract Frames from Video accept?
It accepts MP4 videos, MOV videos, video/x-m4v, MP4 files, MOV files and M4V files. There is no file size cap imposed by a server; very large files are limited only by your device's memory.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
Nothing to install and no account needed. Open the page in any up-to-date browser, including on a phone or tablet, and the tool is ready.
How do I save the output?
Click the Download button once the result is ready. The file is built in your browser's memory and handed straight to your downloads folder, without passing through a server.