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rawTOP
12-09-2009, 10:23 AM
Question... How do you guys feel about having a preview pic for a promo video that's from the scene, but not necessarily found in the promo video? I'm working on a project and the still images are so much better clearer, crisper and more compelling than doing a video screen cap... I can see if there are multiple videos from the scene - but this is a case where there will only be one.

To me having a great looking pic that's compelling and gets people to click to view the video is more important than whether that particular shot can be found in the promo video.

BentleyRace
12-09-2009, 11:18 AM
I am doing that often now. The shots from the SLR camera taken at the shoot are sharper than the stills taken from the video (I still haven't found a good program for Mac to take nice clear stills from video footage).
The stills I use may not be exactly the action found in the video but it still depicts who was in the video and what type of action is the video. I still take still shots during the video but find the clicking of the SLR on the video footage annoying.