New iPhone Photo App: Videopix: video frame capture on the 3GS
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 11:00AM | Glyn Evans 
Description from the AppStore: Ever wondered how to take out pictures from a video, the wait is over. Video Frame grabber now comes to iPhone 3GS!
VideoPix is a revolutionary video technology which paired with the cutting edge iPhone 3GS gives you powerful features that will change the way you take pictures. VideoPix enables you to quickly and easily browse inside your videos and save pictures directly from them.
We call these pictures: Pix - You will too after you see how easy it is to get the perfectly timed photograph every time. Your friends will call you amazing after you email Pix to them and to all your social networks.
- See your horse win by a nose!
- Take the picture of the precise instant your child scored the winning goal!
- Behold your toddler’s fist steps!
You can capture the perfect shot since the video camera in the iPhone 3GS takes up to 30 pictures every second!
In addition, VideoPix comes with a Slow-Motion Video player(without sound) – Yearn to see if the referee got the last play correct? Watch the instant replay of the video in VideoPix Slow-Motion Player and you'll know.. Pause the video, move backward and forward in the video to see if the player's foot really did land out of bounds!
Attach multiple Pix to a single e-mail right from the VideoPix Library.
Here's How: Use your finger to select a video, use the powerful Navigation Controls to home in on the exact Pix you want, press the Save Button and voila, You've got that perfect photograph. Email it to friends and family instantaneously and get rave reviews for your impeccable timing.
So simple anyone can use it. Yet VideoPix has very powerful Video Navigation Controls that allow you to move through the video with single frame precision.
Pix can be saved to the Camera Roll from which they
can then used for just like any other picture – put them in albums, send them via MMS, etc.
Features:
- Take VideoPix from any video in the Camera Roll..
- Use the Slow Motion Player to see previously missed details
- Use the powerful Navigation Controls to get that perfect shot
- Save multiple Pix from different videos
- Email multiple, saved Pix instantaneously.
- Easy to Use – simple, detailed instructions provided right in the App
- Navigation Controls hide for an unobstructed view of the video
- Frame level navigation accuracy, i,e. do not miss any pic present inside the videoPix are saved in the highest resolution the video camera can provide. So if you use video that was shot with the 3GS camera at resolution 640x480, the saved pix resolution would be 640x480(for landscape video) or 480x640(for portrait video).
- Automatically detects video orientation and saves the pix in landscape or portrait orientation
- When you’re done taking Pix from one video, open another and get even more VideoPix
- 24x7 email support available.
AppStore Link: Videopix: video frame capture on the 3GS - Price £2.99/$4.99
Editors comments: It looks like we are finally starting to see apps that allow us to do things with the iPhone 3GS's videos, and this app looks particularly useful if you ever need to grab a still from your videos.
I've not been able to try this app (as I don't currently have a 3GS), so if any of you have, then please provide your feedback to the rest of us, it will be much appreciated.
Reader Comments (2)
Genius! I think this application is fantastic! I can grab frames from my IPhone videos, save them, send them and share them, with friends, family, Facebook, websites, etc. What a great idea. Highly recommend it for everyone who wants to catch that 'perfect moment shot' and share it instantly. It's also easy to use. I think the kids are going to have an awesome time sharing photos with each in their social networks. Parents will love sharing their babies first steps with the entire family. Sports fans will love being able to check the referees call, one frame at a time. This allows the public, which already seems to have every photo gadget available, a new 'instant media'.
I decided to give this app a try. I love taking photos of my 11 month old son but he doesn't keep still long enough to pose for the camera and most of the good shots i've had of him which includes funny random expressions and cheekiness were taken using the iPhone video.
My opinion? I love this app and one that I'll be using constantly if I want to have good pics on moving objects/people. I was able to grab good pics from a video I took of my boy which I wouldn't have been able to do using a camera unless the cam can take multiple FAST bursts of pics.
The resolution is not perfect but good enough (AppStore description says photo output is based on video resolution). My wishlist is for this app to have maximum pic resolution output for the 3GS.