How to screen shot a video on iphone

Q: How do I take a still shot from a video on iPhone?

Open the video youd like to take a picture from. Select the frame you want to turn into a picture. Using the volume-up and side buttons, take a screenshot of the frame, and crop it to your liking. Access the screenshot from your camera roll as you normally would.

Q: How do you screenshot a video on iPhone 11?

To use the new screen recording feature in iOS 11, youll first need to add the features button to Control Center. Open Settings, swipe down to Control Center and scroll down to MORE CONTROLS. Then, youll need to tap the green plus button next to Screen Recording.

If you want to capture video of your iPhone or iPad screen, you don't even need to download an app to complete the task. The ability to record activity on your screen is built right in to iOS and iPadOS through a feature called Screen Recording.

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Customize Control Center
Capture Video
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Taking Screenshots
View Recordings and Screenshots
Why record your screen?
Record Directly From Your iPhone or iPad (iOS 11)
QuickTime Player
How do you take a screenshot of a video?
How do I take a still shot from a video on iPhone?
How do you screenshot a video on iPhone 11?

With this tool, you can start a recording of your screen and then snap individual screenshots of the video. This makes capturing your iPhone or iPad screen activity much easier than going through a third-party app. Here's how to set up and use the built-in Screen Recording tool.

Customize Control Center

Before you can use the Screen Recording feature, you must first add it to Control Panel. On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Control Center and make sure the option Access Within Apps is turned on. Under the More Controls section, tap Screen Recording to add it to the Included Controls section, which appear in Control Center.

Capture Video

Now move to the screen you want recorded. Swipe to open the Control Center and tap the circular Screen Recording button. You will then see a countdown, after which the recording will begin.

Do you also want to record audio? Maybe you're narrating what you see as the iPhone or iPad records the screen. Long-press the record button on Control Center, and tap the Microphone button that appears to turn sound on or off for your video.

By default, recordings are saved to your Photos library, but you can choose a different destination from the list provided when you long-press the record button. Tap Start Recording from this window to start the countdown. A red icon with a timer will appear at the top of your screen.

When you're done with your video, there's no need to return to the Control Center. Tap the red icon at the top of the screen and tap Stop when asked if you want to stop the screen recording. A notification will appear to say the recorded video was saved to the device.

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Taking Screenshots

You can also use the Screen Recording tool to take screenshots of any activity already recorded. This trick can come in handy if you're having trouble taking screenshots of a specific activity. After recording your video, play back the footage you recorded and pause at the right moment.

Take a screenshot on your device by pressing the appropriate keys to take a static screenshot (Side button + Volume Up button on an iPhone or iPad Pro without a Home button; On/Off button + Home button on devices with a Home button).

View Recordings and Screenshots

Your recordings and screen grabs will be saved to your Photos library by default. From the app, you can tap a recording and tap Play to view it. From here, you can also scrub through the video, mute the sound, share it, or delete it.

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Since 2012, things have changed quite a lot when it comes to recording your iPhone or iPad screens.

The most known option at the time to record a video of what was on your iOS device’s screen was to use the simulator on your Mac. Because video is being used more and more to present an app, Apple and other companies have made it much simpler for us.

Before we take a look at your options, let’s talk about why you might want to capture footage from your app or game.

Why record your screen?

There are multiple uses to recording your iPhone or iPad screen.

At apptamin we produce app trailers and game trailers. In a lot of the app store videos and mobile video ads we create, we show the actual app. Because it’s a great way to give a sense to what your app is all about to the person watching the video! So this is something our agency does on a daily basis.

This is especially true for iPhone App Previews (videos on the iOS App Store) because of Apple’s guidelines that state that the videos should be mostly based on captured footage.

If you wonder why you might want to have an app store video (whether an iPhone App Preview or a Google Play Store video), the answer is that these videos (done well) can help you increase your conversion rate and get more downloads. It is part of your App Store Optimization strategy.

There are a couple of other uses to recording your screen: you can show a demo of your app during an internal presentation or to investors, record a video you’re displaying on your phone, etc.

Record Directly From Your iPhone or iPad (iOS 11)

There was a time where you needed to jailbreak your iPhone or your iPad to be able to do this. But since iOS 11, Apple introduced a way to do this.

First, go to Settings -> Control Center -> Customize Controls on your phone than tap the “+” button next to Screen Recording.

Now open Control Center, and tap the recording button. There is a 3 seconds countdown and after that the screen starts recording (you’ll see the status bar turning to red).

To stop recording you just tap the red status bar at the top of your screen, then tap Stop. Or you can open the Control Center again and tap the (red) recording button.

Several options allow you to define the video/audio format (cannot record system audio), the framerate (on a scale, you can’t actually choose which framerate you’re using) , whether to show “taps” (a circle that highlights where the taps are done) or if the phone is used in portrait or landscape mode.

This is pretty cool. But in some instances you might still want to use QuickTime Player (see below), because you don’t want to display the red status bar (or have it displayed not “formatted” by Apple) or for frame rate reasons. That’s why at our app video agency we still use QuickTime to record iPhone screens.

QuickTime Player

This option was introduced with iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, and is what we recommend to record iPhone screen or iPad screen. All your need is:

An iOS device running iOS 8 or later
A Mac running OS X Yosemite or later
Lightning cable (the cable that comes with iOS devices)

No need for jailbreak, a third party app or additional hardware.

Here are the steps to do it:

Connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac via the lightning cable
Open QuickTime player
Click File then select ‘New Movie Recording’
A recording window will appear (with you in it, most likely). Click the little arrow of the drop down menu in front of the record button, then select your iPhone or iPad
Select the Mic of your iPhone if you want to record music/sound effects
Click the Record button. Now perform the tasks on your iOS device that you want to record
Once done tap the stop button and save the video.

Quick tip: by hitting Cmd + T you’ll be able to directly trim your video before saving it, so you only keep the relevant part of the recording.

If you’re running into any issues (it will happen), update both your iPhone (iOS updated) and your Mac.

ScreenFlow

ScreenFlow provides a similar way to record your iOS device, like QuickTime does. The bonus is that you can also edit the video within ScreenFlow, instead of having to open another program, like iMovie.

Sometimes, ScreenFlow is also better at capturing video, where QuickTime can be choppy. Since QuickTime is free, you should try that first.

But if that doesn’t work to well, then give ScreenFlow a try.

To get started, simply plug in your iOS device to your Mac with a Lighting cable and open ScreenFlow. It will automatically detect your device and give you the option to record that screen.

Make sure that the Record Screen from box is checked and the right device is selected. If you want to record the audio too, check the Record Audio from box and make sure that the right device is selected.

Then hit the record button and start doing your app demo. Once you are done recording, ScreenFlow will open the editing screen.

Easy right?

El gato

Before Apple made it simple to record your iOS device with the QuickTime player, at Apptamin we used one of the Elgato game capture devices which was mostly known to gamers.

Here was the full setup:

iOS device
iPhone to HDMI adapter (like this one)
HDMI cable
El Gato game capture device

Check out the video below for more information.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlpzbdR0eJw[/youtube]

Reflector

We also used the Reflector app at the very beginning, and still use it for specific videos when shooting live.

Reflector 2 currently costs $14.99 and let’s you mirror what’s happening on your iOS or Android device screen on the computer, using AirPlay mirroring or Google Cast . There are Mac and Windows versions.

What’s great about Reflector is that it does not require any cable: just your iPhone (or iPad) and a computer.

Reflector can record your iPhone screen at up to 60fps, lets you include device frames when recording and record multiple devices at the same time. However, it is not possible to record with a resolution as high as you can do with QuickTime player (1080 x 1920 with an iPhone 6 Plus for example).

Conclusion

So that’s how it’s done. Choose the method that works best for you and fits your budget.

Now that you know how to record your iOS device, what content should you include in your videos? Our video marketing guidewill give you some tips.

If you want us to produce your app store video or video ad, just contact our agency.

We look forward to seeing your videos!

What is your favorite way of doing an iPhone or iPad screencast?

How do you take a screenshot of a video?

Record your phone screen.

Swipe down twice from the top of your screen..

Tap Screen record . You might need to swipe right to find it. ... .

Choose what you want to record and tap Start. The recording begins after the countdown..

To stop recording, swipe down from the top of the screen and tap the Screen recorder notification ..

How do I take a still shot from a video on iPhone?

Open the video you'd like to take a picture from. Select the frame you want to turn into a picture. Using the volume-up and side buttons, take a screenshot of the frame, and crop it to your liking. Access the screenshot from your camera roll as you normally would.

How do you screenshot a video on iPhone 11?

To use the new screen recording feature in iOS 11, you'll first need to add the feature's button to Control Center. Open Settings, swipe down to Control Center and scroll down to MORE CONTROLS. Then, you'll need to tap the green plus button next to Screen Recording.