Capturing Video Images for Web Pages
Media Services, Robert A. L. Mortvedt Library
Pacific Lutheran University
The URL for this file is: http://www.plu.edu/libr/media/video_capture.html

Below is an example of how you can capture a video image for your web page.

This GIF file called CLASS1.GIF, was captured at the University Center user room and digitized for display as a GIF image.

Capturing a Video Portrait for Web Display

An NTSC video source

e.g. A camcorder or VCR

A computer

e.g. a Macintosh II at Media Services in the library

A video capture board

e.g. VideoSpigot Nubus card

Software to play and capture the video frames

e.g. ScreenPlay software

Software to convert the file to GIF format

e.g. PhotoShop software

Software to transfer file via campus network to SAGE

e.g. Fetch via FTP transfer

The SAGE text editor to add links to the images in your document

e.g. pico on SAGE

1. Capture video frames on camcorder to video tape.
2. Connect camcorder to Macintosh II VIDEO IN jack using RCA cable.
3. Open ScreenPlay software on Macintosh to view video tape.
4. Play back video tape to find best portrait to capture.
5. Capture video frame by dragging the ScreenPlay screen to desktop.
6. Save screen as PICT image.
7. Copy image to floppy diskette.
8. Open PICT image in PhotoShop.
9. Adjust image to smaller size, keeping resolution at 96 dots per inch (the screen resolution of many PCs).
10. Switch to indexed color mode to reduce file size.
11. Save file as GIF image to floppy.
12. Use Fetch to FTP file to your SAGE account in the PUBLIC_HTML directory.
13. Add the following line to your HTML document to incorporate image:

    <IMG SRC="http://www.plu.edu/~YOUR_ACCOUNT/IMAGENAME.gif" alt="Image">

14. Open the document in NetScape to display the image.

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