How to quickly generate thumbnails from videos for free, with open source software. If you ever attempt to take screens of videos to share them with family and friends or on the internet you may have clicked "prnt scrn" (Print Screen) and paste it in a image editor say "Paint.NET" crop'd it then save it, not knowing their is an easier way to do so. Introducing Thumbnail me a tool to quickly convert your favorites videos into thumbnails with-in a few seconds.
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| Thumbnail me |
"Thumbnail me is an open source software project based on the ‘Movie Thumbnailer’ binary." An open source free thumbnail generator based on the ‘Movie Thumbnailer’ binary, which comes available for Windows XP/Vista/7 (32 or 64 bits), and GNU/Linux (32 or 64 bits). It's coded in C++ and uses the Qt library.
Videos Formats Supported
- Audio/video Interleave (*.avi)
- Matroska Video (*.mkv)
- Transport Stream (*.ts *.m2ts)
- MPEG video/systems stream (*.mpeg *.mpg *.mp4 *.vob *.dat)
- Windows Media Video (*.wmv)
- Ogg Vorbis (*.ogg)
- 3rd Generation Partnership Project (*.3gp)
- Quicktime Movie (*.mov)
- Flash Video (*.flv)
- ShockWave Flash (*.swf)
Output Formats
- JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
- PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
- BMP (Bitmap)
- TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
Upload Interface
- imageShack upload interface
- Authentication/Anonymous upload
- Resize your thumbnails
- Set privacy and tags name
Know of any other free thumbnail generators?
