Make GIFs, clips, time-lapses and contact sheets
Capture & export makes a GIF, a clip, a time-lapse, a burst of screenshots or a contact sheet from the video, and it lets you draw on a screenshot. Open the widget's Tools tab and find Capture & export. It needs a connected account, like the screenshot.
Everything is made on your device and saved as a download. Nothing is uploaded.
What you can make
| Button | What you get |
|---|---|
| GIF · next 5 s | A looping GIF of the next 3, 5, 10 or 15 seconds, 320, 480 or 640 px wide |
| ● Record clip | A clip with picture and sound, as WebM. Press ■ Stop clip to end it |
| Time-lapse 4x | The video at 2x, 4x, 8x or 16x, picture only, as WebM |
| Burst every 5 s | A screenshot every 2, 5, 10 or 30 seconds while the video plays, up to 100 |
| Contact sheet 3×3 | 3 × 3 or 4 × 4 frames from across the whole video, each with its time, as one PNG |
| Annotate | A screenshot you draw on |
The numbers on the buttons follow your choices in Settings. A clip and a time-lapse stop by themselves after 10 minutes, or when the video ends.
When a burst is on, the button shows how many shots it has. Save them with Save … as ZIP (the button shows the count), which gives a ZIP of PNGs, or Save as sheet, which puts them on one image.
Annotate a screenshot
- Press Annotate. The Annotate screenshot panel opens on the current frame.
- Pick a tool: Arrow, Box, Highlight, Text or Pen.
- Pick a color: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue or White.
- Drag on the picture to draw. With Text, click, type, then press Enter.
- Press Save PNG to download it, or Copy to put it on the clipboard.
Ctrl + Z undoes the last mark. Escape closes the panel.
Capture settings
Settings, Video Features tab, Capture & export sets the GIF length, the GIF width, the Time-lapse speed, how often a burst fires (Burst every) and the Contact sheet size. Reset capture settings puts the defaults back.
When it does not work
Protected video, such as Netflix and Disney+, cannot be captured, and some other sites do not allow their frames to be saved. The widget tells you which it is. A contact sheet needs a video with a known length, so it does not work on a live stream. A paused video cannot be captured, so press play first.
Shortcuts
Three optional shortcuts start with no key: "Record or stop a clip", "Make a GIF" and "Annotate a screenshot". Each needs a connected account. Set them up in Change a shortcut.
To share a clip shaped for social posts, see Share and watch together.
Next: Playback automation.