How do I get the last frame of a video?

Set Frame Selection to Last Frame. The node returns the final frame as a PNG, which you can use as the start frame of the next clip.

How many credits does Extract Frame cost?

10 credits per frame, whatever the mode or the length of the video.

What format and size is the extracted frame?

A PNG, which is lossless, at the resolution of the video. For a larger still, send the frame to Upscale Image.

What happens if my timestamp is past the end of the video?

A timestamp outside the video is moved to the nearest valid frame, so the node still returns an image.

How do I avoid a faded last frame?

Some clips end on a dissolve. Use Frame

Extract Frame node — take a still image from a video

Pull one frame out of a video as a lossless PNG, such as the first, the last, a timestamp or an exact frame number, to chain clips or make thumbnails.

The Extract Frame node takes one frame out of a video and returns it as a PNG image. You choose which frame: the first, the last, the frame at a timestamp, or an exact frame number. The still can then feed any image node, for example as the start frame of the next clip.

When to use it

Chain clips. Use the last frame of a generated clip as the start frame of the next one, so the story continues from shot to shot.
Make a thumbnail. Pull a representative still from a video before you post it.
Reuse a moment. Take a frame from a long video to edit it, or to use it as a reference in Generate Image.
Check what an upstream video starts with when you chain nodes.

Quick start

Add the node

Press Tab on the canvas and choose Image › Edit & Retouch › Extract Frame.

Connect the video

Drag from a video node, such as Generate Video or Upload Video, to the Video input.

Choose the frame

Open the settings panel and choose a mode under Frame Selection, for example Last Frame.

Run it

Click Run on the node. The frame appears on the node as an image.

The last frame of clip 1 becomes the first frame of clip 2, so the second clip continues where the first one ends.

Inputs

Input	Accepts	What it does
Video	Video nodes, such as Generate Video, Upload Video and Trim Video	The video to take the frame from. Required.

The output, Image, is the frame as a PNG, at the resolution of the video.

Settings

Setting	What it does
Frame Selection	Which frame to take. The default is First Frame. See Frame modes.
Timestamp (seconds)	For At Timestamp (s): how many seconds into the video. Decimals work, such as `2.5`. A time outside the video moves to the nearest valid frame.
Seek to (seconds)	For Nearest keyframe: the point to search from. `0` means the first keyframe.
Frame index (from start)	For Frame # from start: the frame number, where `0` is the first frame.
Frames back from end	For Frame # from end: how many frames before the end, where `0` is the last frame and `1` the second-to-last.

Frame modes

Mode	Takes	Use it when
First Frame	The first frame	You want to check or reuse the opening image.
Last Frame	The final frame	You start the next clip where this one ends.
At Timestamp (s)	The frame at a time in seconds	You know the moment, such as `2.5` seconds in.
Frame # from start	The frame with this number, counted from `0`	You need an exact frame, such as frame 24, which is one second into a 24 fps clip.
Frame # from end	The frame this many frames before the end	You want "10 frames before the end" without knowing the clip length.
Nearest keyframe	The first keyframe at or after a time	Speed matters, or the video has a high bitrate. A keyframe is faster to read than the frames between keyframes.

For the two frame-number modes, the node reads the frame rate and the length of the video, so it can find the exact frame.

Credits

Every extraction costs 10 credits, whatever the mode or the length of the video.

Troubleshooting

The last frame is faded or blurred. Some clips end on a dissolve or with artifacts. Use Frame # from end with a small value, such as 5, to take a clean frame just before the end.

A frame-number mode fails. Frame # from start and Frame # from end need the frame rate and the frame count of the video. When the node cannot read them from the file, the run fails instead of returning the wrong frame. Use a time-based mode, such as At Timestamp (s), for that video.

Tips

PNG keeps every detail. The frame is lossless, so it is safe to upscale, edit or use as the first frame of a continuation without adding compression artifacts.
Resize elsewhere. The frame has the resolution of the video. For a larger still, send it to Upscale Image. To make it smaller, resize the video first with Resize Video.
Remix a moment. Take a still from one clip and restyle it with Generate Image or Modify Image. Animate it, then join the result to the original with Combine Videos.

Extract Frame