Software to make good pictures from video clips

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Hi, does anyone know of a free software I can use where I can make decent pictures from snapshots of a video clip?

I went to the US Open last weekend and took some videos. Now I want to make pictures out of some of the frames from the clips.

Thanks!!
 
Pause the screen, printscreen, paste in paint or another picture editing program. :)

Doesn't always work with WMP due to hardware acceleration, but as Liesje said VLC works a treat for this.
 
Remember the still is only going to be as good/sharp/clear as the quality of the video. I say that b/c I have some nice video of my dogs working but the still images are not the same as a good photograph. Not sure having a different/better program can do much about that.
 
Unfortunately you'll never get an image anywhere near the quality of a still photograph. You can play with a screen grab in photoshop, but still, you cant make a sharp photo out of a video grab. There just isnt enough information there. Of course, if you've got an extra $25000 burning a hole in your pocket, you can always invest in one of these bad boys ;)
 
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