how to grab frame stills from a footage in RESOLVE 12

I need to adda i freeze frame in my footage.
As I'm learning to use DAVINCI 12 I have not found the command present in my FCP7 (i.e. make freeze frame) so I dont know how to do to adda this still frame grabbed from my footages in my editing project
can you help me indicating the right steps if any?
Thank you in advance

of course I have takea look at the manual BUT the informations I have found seem useless as I dont find what the text says about what to do in the timeline to save ad add a freeze frane to my footage

Speed Change freeze frame, pp. 441-442 in the v12 manual.

Another way you could do it would be to park on the frame you want to freeze, grab a still (at source resolution), export it, bring that back in, and manually cut it into the timeline. Assuming it's TIFF or DPX or some other high-res format, you won't lose any image quality going this route. There's pros and cons with either method.

Speed Change freeze frame, pp. 441-442 in the v12 manual.

Another way you could do it would be to park on the frame you want to freeze, grab a still (at source resolution), export it, bring that back in, and manually cut it into the timeline. Assuming it's TIFF or DPX or some other high-res format, you won't lose any image quality going this route. There's pros and cons with either method.

Marc I have read the pages BUT I dont find what the manual says about...

Marc I have read the pages BUT I dont find what the manual says about...

From the manual:

To change a clip’s speed, do one of the following:

>>Select a clip in the Timeline, open the Inspector, and scroll down to the Speed
Change settings.
>>Right-click a clip in the Timeline, choose Change Speed, and use the controls of the Edit
Speed Change dialog.

>>Freeze Current Frame checkbox: Changes the entire clip to a freeze frame of whichever
frame is at the current position of the playhead.

Marc I have read the pages BUT I dont find what the manual says about...

From the manual:

To change a clip’s speed, do one of the following:

>>Select a clip in the Timeline, open the Inspector, and scroll down to the Speed
Change settings.
>>Right-click a clip in the Timeline, choose Change Speed, and use the controls of the Edit
Speed Change dialog.

>>Freeze Current Frame checkbox: Changes the entire clip to a freeze frame of whichever
frame is at the current position of the playhead.

I DONT FIND in the ispector the Speed Change settings.
An other problem is the right-click with apple mouse

Marc I have read the pages BUT I dont find what the manual says about...

From the manual:

To change a clip’s speed, do one of the following:

>>Select a clip in the Timeline, open the Inspector, and scroll down to the Speed
Change settings.
>>Right-click a clip in the Timeline, choose Change Speed, and use the controls of the Edit
Speed Change dialog.

>>Freeze Current Frame checkbox: Changes the entire clip to a freeze frame of whichever
frame is at the current position of the playhead.

I DONT FIND in the ispector the Speed Change settings.
An other problem is the right-click with apple mouse

if I had solved the problem with the manual I'd not be here to ask I'm from Italy but I know how to read a manula in english

Page 279 of the manual is dedicated to the inspector panel. Press the button marked inspector on the top right corner when you are on the edit page.

Page 279 of the manual is dedicated to the inspector panel. Press the button marked inspector on the top right corner when you are on the edit page.

I have done it BUT the only 4 menus I see are:
from top to bottom
COMPOSITE
TRANSFORM
CROPPING
RETIME AND SCALING
no trace of the command you say... no trace of changinf speed at all...also in submenus
I repeat I'd have found the command I'd not be here to ask help , my friend....

Hey there!

Maybe this helps: Ignore the inspector, go with the right-click-on-the-clip version.

To right-click on an apple mouse, press the "ctrl"-button, then click.

For me, this works fine, I get the pop-up-menu with the option to "change clip speed" and in there the checkbox "freeze frame".

Best, Toni

no solution?

I DONT FIND in the ispector the Speed Change settings.
An other problem is the right-click with apple mouse

For the Mac, the 'right' button is implemented by pressing the Control key, and 'clicking' on the item. This simulates the 'right' button functionality in most cases.

I don't have time at the moment to bring up Resolve to go further in assisting.

You can always get a PC mouse to have a right click…

Actually, I'd even get a mouse with middle-click, since that's very helpful in Resolve. A cheap PC mouse with clickable scroll-wheel works fine for me on the Mac with Resolve. You'll need it when copying grades or moving the image when zoomed into the viewer.

I am still not able to find the Speed Change Setting
Can someone help me in this direction?
As I CANT see this kind of setup

Despite what the manual says, there doesn't appear to be any way to make a freeze frame via the Inspector. There's a "Retiming and Scaling" area at the bottom, but the options are greyed out.

However, on a PC, positioning the time-line cursor on the desired frame, right clicking the clip in the time-line, selecting "change clip speed" and then checking the "freeze frame" box (bottom right) absolutely does convert the clip into that freeze frame.

Maybe you just need to find the Mac equivalent of "right-click", as suggested above?

Despite what the manual says, there doesn't appear to be any way to make a freeze frame via the Inspector. There's a "Retiming and Scaling" area at the bottom, but the options are greyed out.

However, on a PC, positioning the time-line cursor on the desired frame, right clicking the clip in the time-line, selecting "change clip speed" and then checking the "freeze frame" box (bottom right) absolutely does convert the clip into that freeze frame.

Maybe you just need to find the Mac equivalent of "right-click", as suggested above?

Jhon YOU ARE A GENIUS also as you have understood my problem: YES using control and mouse over the clip the change speed appears. BUT I do think I hve to duplicate the clip as the command change all the clip and doesnt seem to create a single frame as it appens with FCP7.. i's a curved trip... satnge as all the other funtions of RESOLVE seem more intuitive. I do think that a simple "make freeze frame could be the best at all

I do think that a simple "make freeze frame could be the best at all

But not particularly flexible.

Two things: If you are missing the "right click" functionality -- possibly because you are using a MagicMouse, then try to find an application called "MagicPrefs" which will enable something that the rest of the non-Mac world takes for granted.

As far as for creating an arbitrary freeze within a clip, you are really looking for Variable Speed Effects, which aren't really part of re-timing which usually applies to the whole clip,which you probably found out when you clicked the "Freeze" button in the Change Clip Speed dialogue. The inspector retiming simply allows operators to assign clip timing settings to be made on a clip or project basis -- to use nearest, blend or optical strategies.

The new R12 manual does cover Variable speeds and you do not need to create a clone clip. Once you have enabled Variable speeds, you can add "speed points" to the clip by opening the speed adjustment dialog by clicking on the speed indicator (which will initially appear as 100% with a down-arrow) at the bottom of the clip layer... and then the rest is somewhat more intuitive.

jPo

...If you are missing the "right click" functionality -- possibly because you are using a MagicMouse, then try to find an application called "MagicPrefs" which will enable something that the rest of the non-Mac world takes for granted.

Francesco,

You can enable right-click on a Magic Mouse using the Mouse preferences in OSX (check the box called Secondary click, Click on right side). Then the right side of the mouse acts like a right mouse button.

MagicPrefs is valuable if you want to also have middle click; the OS doesn't provide that.

Premiere Pro does have that one click freeze frame option -- it's an icon in the playback window. I'd also like to see it, though perhaps there are more pressing deficiencies to correct (paste insert, for one?), since the current situation is at least workable.

MagicPrefs is valuable if you want to also have middle click; the OS doesn't provide that.

oops, my bad, thanks for the correction... of course, middle-click is something that I use a lot for copying grades, so... probably pretty useful, too, and something that OS prefs don't provide.

jPo

MagicPrefs is valuable if you want to also have middle click; the OS doesn't provide that.

oops, my bad, thanks for the correction... of course, middle-click is something that I use a lot for copying grades, so... probably pretty useful, too, and something that OS prefs don't provide.

jPo

Agreed, middle click is so useful that it's worth the investment in a three-button mouse/trackball/MagicPrefs. Just wanted to let Francesco know about the "free" option for right click.

No apologies, please, I have gotten tons of useful info from your posts.

I bought a real three button + wheel button... much better than the Mac mouse...

[Peter Chamberlain]

I don't have a system close, does control r (command r) still open the retime selection to select freeze frame?

I do think that a simple "make freeze frame could be the best at all

But not particularly flexible.

Two things: If you are missing the "right click" functionality -- possibly because you are using a MagicMouse, then try to find an application called "MagicPrefs" which will enable something that the rest of the non-Mac world takes for granted.

As far as for creating an arbitrary freeze within a clip, you are really looking for Variable Speed Effects, which aren't really part of re-timing which usually applies to the whole clip,which you probably found out when you clicked the "Freeze" button in the Change Clip Speed dialogue. The inspector retiming simply allows operators to assign clip timing settings to be made on a clip or project basis -- to use nearest, blend or optical strategies.

The new R12 manual does cover Variable speeds and you do not need to create a clone clip. Once you have enabled Variable speeds, you can add "speed points" to the clip by opening the speed adjustment dialog by clicking on the speed indicator (which will initially appear as 100% with a down-arrow) at the bottom of the clip layer... and then the rest is somewhat more intuitive.

jPo

I partially disagree with you.
As usually I use the freeze frame by the end of my videos I have the last clip and the last frame: I do need to use the last frame to add the freeze frame footage to the last clip: in this siuation I need with RESOLVE to dublicate the last clip, choise the last frame and make the freeze. After I add this footage for few second in the end of my video.
In this situation as you see the way FCP7 makes freeze frames is simpler
Do you agree?

You are making a simple thing very complex.
1. add clip to timeline
2. find freeze frame point
3. use razor tool to add edit
4. right click on 2nd part of clip and select 'Change clip speed'
5. choose freeze frame checkbox.

I've been looking for the answer to this for a while... nothing, nada, nowhere did I find the solution.
I Figured it out... Soooo simple now... this is how to do it in DaVinci 12.5
If you are downsizing your final edit/delivery from 4K to HD, make sure you change your project settings back to UHD or whatever your original footage was shot originally. (If you want the highest res. possible for your stills)
Then click/change your workspace to "COLOR"... find the frame you want to freeze/save with the playhead...
Simply "right click" (PC) "control click" (MAC) on the footage monitor window... select "Grab Still"... it will (the single frame) appear in the left side window... "right Click" on the frame and select "Export"... then you can select .tiff or .jpg or whichever format you want... I save mine as .tiff and the final frame resolution is 50MB high res!!! VOILA

Hello, I still don't think there is a simple way to do this, without doing it my way (explained below) or the retime controls. My way, go to Deliver tab, scrub to your desired frame, key I to mark In, arrow forward one frame, key O to mark Out. Choose .dpx delivery open and add to render queue.