Video Frame Extractor turns any video into pictures, a PDF, or a frame-by-frame breakdown your AI assistant can read. Use it free in Chrome, ChatGPT and Claude. Your videos stay with you.
| Where | What it does | |
|---|---|---|
| 🧩 | Chrome extension | Extract frames from any video playing in your browser (YouTube, courses, webinars) or from a file. Save them as JPG, PNG or PDF |
| 💬 | Plugin for ChatGPT | ChatGPT watches your video frame by frame: summary, lecture notes, TikTok script and shot list, frames as ZIP or PDF |
| ✳️ | Plugin for Claude | The same for Claude: attach a video and ask what happens in it |
- Install Video Frame Extractor from the Chrome Web Store.
- Open a video: a file from your computer, or any video playing in a tab.
- Pick a mode:
- Scene changes: one frame per slide or shot
- Every N seconds: a frame at a steady interval
- Manual: step with ← → and save exactly the moment you want
- Save the frames as JPG, PNG or one PDF. Quick capture: Alt+Shift+S saves the video area in one keystroke.
- Install the plugin (ChatGPT · Claude).
- Attach a video (MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV) to the chat.
- Ask in your own words: "Summarize this video with times", "Script and shot list of this TikTok", "A PDF with one frame per slide".
- Lecture video to PDF: all slides of a recorded lecture or webinar in one file
- Exact frame: a sharp still at 1:23 for a thumbnail, a blog post or a bug report
- Storyboard: one frame per shot to study how a video, ad or TikTok is edited
- Video summary with AI: let ChatGPT or Claude read a video and write notes
- Screen recording to steps: every new window or dialog as its own frame
- Dataset images: frames every N seconds for training or research
- 🔒 Private: the extension works on your device; the plugins run inside the chat's own sandbox
- 🆓 Free: no account, no watermark, no ads
- 🌍 52 languages in the extension
- 🎞️ Any format Chrome or ffmpeg can play: MP4, WebM, MOV, MKV and more, up to 4K