The current best way to image capture is by recording to a DV camera, and then firewiring the images into the computer. Many DVDs are copy-protected keeping you from copying whole scenes, but the protection pops on a second or so after the DVD is running, allowing a small window in which to catch images. Because of the preroll time from pressing play on a DV camera, I have found that freeze-framing the DVD image you want and then recording it onto DV provides a good still image, as clear as it is on the DVD, anyway. From there I bring the images on DV into Premier 6.0 using firewire, and output them as still frames from there. It seems to work well. MJPW ------------------------------------------------------ Dear Screen-L subscribers: I am interested in obtaining the highest quality still image from a digital source, either an external DVD or laser disc player or an internal DVD drive. Does it matter what capture program is used and what platform? In what ways might the quality of the DVD affect the capture? What video settings/image sizes are optimal? Should the image be paused or captured "on the run"? What format/file type/color settings should the image be saved in to retain the most information for a publisher's art department to work with? I'm interested in people's experiences with this for publication purposes. Have any definitive specifications emerged for this process? thanks ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html