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Capture high quality video screenshots for free in multiple formats on YouTube, Netflix, Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook and others. FrameX - Screenshot Video Frames, anywhere 🎥✨ Capture full quality video screenshots in any site. No player controls or watermarks. Completely FREE. No Sign-up or Credit Card required. What it does FrameX is a lightweight Chrome extension that lets you instantly freeze any video frame in your browser and save it as a high-quality image. It works seamlessly on all major video platforms, even those that try to block screenshots. FrameX captures exactly what you see, automatically hiding player controls, captions, and overlays at the moment of capture for a clean, unobstructed still. Why anyone cares Screenshots matter in tutorials, design moodboards, social media posts, bug reports, school projects, film studies, meme culture, user research, accessibility audits, court evidence, marketing decks and dozens of other tasks. Regular print screen commands feel clumsy, add UI clutter and often record a black rectangle when DRM is involved. Online converter websites drop resolution. Desktop recorders are heavy and cannot target the browser window with the precision needed. FrameX fixes those problems without extra steps or complicated setup. 🛠️ How it feels in practice • You hover the player. A small camera icon appears in the corner. 📸 • You tap it or press Alt+S on Windows and Linux or ⌘ Shift S on macOS. ⌨️ • Less than fifty milliseconds later the frame is saved. No pause, no lag, no muted audio. ⚡ • The PNG, JPG, WEBP or PDF keeps the exact video resolution so 4K stays 4K. 🖼️ • Prefer clipboard? Pick that in settings and paste directly into Figma, Docs, Slack or Photoshop Web. 📋 • Upgrade to Pro and the file also syncs to Google Drive, plus the editor opens so you can crop, annotate or blur before sharing. ☁️ Primary features in plain language • Works everywhere: mainstream sites, protected streaming services, internal company portals, LMS platforms and self-hosted video players. 🌍 • Handles live streams, picture-in-picture, shorts, long feature films, lectures, webinars and vertical stories. • Auto-detects the biggest playing video on busy pages so you never hunt for the right element. 🔍 • Writes smart filenames with the video title and a readable timestamp, for example Solar\_Eclipse\_Timeline\_00h12m05s.png. • Keeps an unlimited local history; open the popup tomorrow and download yesterday’s captures without digging through Downloads. • Runs only inside your browser. No external servers, no analytics, no cookies, no spying. 🔒 • Storage footprint is two megabytes on disk and under twenty five megabytes of RAM while idle. 🪶 Typical everyday use cases • Teacher shows a key diagram that flashes by in a science documentary. She hits the hotkey, copies the PNG and pastes into Google Slides with arrows. Total time five seconds. 🍎 • Social media manager needs a clean cover from a TikTok challenge but the on-screen Like icon blocks the dancer’s face. FrameX hides the UI during capture. Result is a clear JPEG ready for the brand’s Instagram story. 📱 • UX tester records video of a new widget then grabs individual states as static shots for the bug tracker. The automatic timestamp in the filename matches the test log. 🐞 • Research assistant exports one hundred twenty sequential frames from a parliamentary broadcast by jumping ten seconds at a time and pressing Alt+S. They appear in History for batch download later. 🗄️ • Movie colorist saves frames from four streaming platforms in original 4K so grades can be compared side by side without compression loss. 🎬 Step by step quick start 1. Install FrameX from Chrome Web Store and pin the icon. 📌 2. Click the icon once to grant active tab permission. 3. Open any page that contains video. 4. Move your cursor inside the player. Look for the circular camera button about the size of the YouTube gear. 5. Click it or press Alt+S or ⌘ Shift S. 6. Check the download shelf, clipboard or Drive folder depending on your choice. 7. Open the extension popup and visit History if you want to rename, delete or re-export earlier images. 🕒 Free versus Pro comparison Free plan: • Unlimited local captures in PNG, JPG, WEBP and PDF • Copy to clipboard • Full history • Global hotkey • Zero watermarks or branding Pro add-on: • One click Google Drive upload with folders • Inline image editor with crop, arrows, text, blur, mosaic, highlight, stickers and magic erase tools ✏️ • Early access to extras such as animated GIF export, AI upscale, batch capture and scheduled polling • Priority support and feature voting rights The core capture engine is identical in both plans and never stops working if you cancel Pro. 🏆 Compatibility list • Chrome stable and beta, Chromium • Windows 10 or later, macOS 11 Big Sur or later, Ubuntu 22.04 or later with Wayland or X11, Fedora, Arch, ChromeOS 117 or later • Multi-monitor setups, ultrawide 21:9 and 32:9, Retina, 200 percent Windows scaling, external GPU rigs Frequently asked questions expanded Q: Does it work on every streaming site? A: Yes. When a site blocks the usual canvas route, FrameX switches to Chrome tab capture so DRM overlays and UI clutter never appear. 🎯 Q: Can the streaming service ban my account? A: FrameX only copies pixels that are already decoded on your device. It does not break encryption or touch the stream. Use screenshots responsibly and respect content rights. 📜 Q: Can it capture subtitles? A: Capturing subtitles will come at a later date. Q: Does clipboard include JPG and WEBP? A: Clipboard uses PNG because it is lossless and widely supported. Download provides the other formats. Q: What if a site shows an overlay when I hover? A: FrameX hides overlays, progress bars, play icons, top navigation strips and watermark badges during capture. Your saved file is clean. Q: Can it grab a paused frame that is semi transparent? A: Yes. The capture bypasses opacity and CSS transforms so the frame is saved in original color. Q: How do I change the shortcut? A: Open FrameX extension popup and edit Keyboard Shortcut. The popup shows your new combo right away. Q: I need a PDF storyboard of frames. A: Pick PDF format, capture each moment, then merge the single page PDFs with your preferred tool or export PNG and let Acrobat stitch. Q: Will it slow my laptop? A: The capture uses a few milliseconds of GPU time and frees memory immediately. Normal browsing remains smooth. 💻 Tips and tricks • Use the History filter box to search by site name or date. • Hold down the shortcut key while scrubbing to collect a burst of frames in rapid succession. • Enable copy to clipboard then paste straight into Photoshop and press Enter to auto create a new document sized to the shot. • Rename shots in History; the filenames sync to Drive automatically if you captured in Pro mode. • On YouTube, press K to pause exactly on the frame, then Alt+S for pixel perfect stills free of motion blur. • In Netflix picture in picture mode, FrameX still finds the hidden video element and grabs a sharp image. Troubleshooting • Seeing a permissions error? Click the FrameX icon first then retry the capture. • Chrome flag “Hardware accelerated video decode” must remain enabled for 4K streams. • Very old GPUs in Windows 8 compatibility mode may save an empty black image. Update the graphics driver. • If the camera button does not appear, another extension may be injecting its own overlay on top. Turn that extension off and reload. • Tab capture fails in Incognito if Chrome flags block it. Allow FrameX in Incognito from the Extensions page. Roadmap for the next quarters • Animated GIF and HEIC export for social feeds 🌀 • Optional subtitle burn in toggle • Frame series capture that grabs a still every few seconds • OCR to copy on screen text alongside the image ✂️ • Direct push to Canva, Photoshop Web, Figma and Miro integrations • Shared cloud libraries for team workflows • Keyboard macro API so automation tools like AutoHotkey, Keyboard Maestro or Hammerspoon can send captures with metadata 🧩 User feedback and support Send feedback through the Web Store support tab or use our own Submit Issue/Feedback tab in the settings. Bug reports should include browser version, operating system, video URL and a short screen recording. We answer within one business day in most cases. Feature suggestions that help many users ship in minor releases rolling out every two to four weeks. 📫 Responsible use notice Capturing and distributing still images from copyrighted video may require permission from the rights holder unless it falls under exceptions such as research, education, commentary or parody. You are fully responsible for verifying the legal status of each screenshot. FrameX provides the technical capability only. ⚖️ The essential point If you can see a moving picture inside your browser, FrameX can save that exact frame as a clean high resolution image with no UI clutter, watermarks or black boxes. One click, no hassle. 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