Adobe Elements Organizer 9 - Manual (Page 31)

27 USING ELEMENTS 9 ORGANIZER
Import photos and videos
Last updated 9/12/2011
Getting still photos from a video clip.
1 In the Editor, choose File > Import > Frame From Video.
2 In the Frame From Video dialog box, click the Browse button to navigate to the video from which you want to
acquire still frames, and then click Open.
3 To start the video, click Play .
4 To get a frame of the video as a still image, click the Grab Frame button or press the spacebar when the frame is
visible on the screen. You can move forward and backward in the video to capture additional frames.
Note: Some video formats don’t support rewinding or fast-forwarding. In these cases, the Rewind
and Fast
Forward buttons are not available.
5 When you have all the frames you want, click Done.
6 Select File > Save to save each still file to a folder on your computer.
Mobile phone cameras
About mobile phone cameras
If you have a mobile phone with a built-in camera, you might be able to transfer the media files into your catalog. Make
sure your phone saves media files in a file format you can import into your catalog. To find out what file format your
phone uses, see the instructions that came with the phone.
For phones that store media files on a removable flash or memory card, use Adobe Photo Downloader to import media
files into Elements
Organizer. To determine how your phone stores photos, see the instructions that came with your
phone.
To get photos into your catalog, use one of the following methods.
Direct transfer If your phone stores media files on a removable flash or memory card, you can bring media files from
your phone directly into Elements Organizer by using the Adobe Photo Downloader. To determine how your phone
stores photos, see the instructions that came with your phone.