Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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If you want to extract frames from a video fast and precise, there is no better tool than the command line utility ffmpeg.

If you prefer graphical tools, you can extract images with VLC player as I showed in this video.

If you are interested in making GIF animation, I suggest you watch these two videos:

Making an animated GIF in Linux youtu.be/gT2y1SVf2hI
How to make a GIF with GIMP youtu.be/Af6kqSvXV4Q

To convert viedeo to png images you need to run this command:

ffmpeg -ss 00:10 -i video-filename.mp4 -t 00:03 images-filename_%03d.png

where
-ss defines the offset from the beginning of the video
-t specifies how long the fragment should be.
-i is to provide the input video file name.
%03d - indicated to use 3 digits number. For example, the output will be like this:
images-filename_001d.png
images-filename_002d.png
images-filename_003d.png

To have have all the tools to make GIF animations from images and videos, save this playlist

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