Something that has surely happened to you on occasion is that you are watching a video on YouTube and that you see a scene or moment in that video what would you like to have in image form. Or you want to have the cover image of said video as a photo on your computer. If this is the case, it is good to know that there are ways to get this on your computer.
Since we can extract an image from a YouTube video at all times, using various tools that are available for this. In this way, having this image that we want on the computer will be very simple in our case. We show you the options we have available for it.
YouTube screenshot
First of all, we find this option, which is an extension that we can install in Google Chrome. It will give us the possibility of extract images from YouTube videos. The images that you are going to extract from these videos are in PNG format at all times. But then we can convert it if we want.
When we have the extension already working in Google Chrome, we will see what will come out a button at the top right of the browser. The moment we open a video on YouTube from which we want to extract the image, we have several buttons on it. If we want to extract an image, click on the screenshot button. In this way we obtain this image with total ease.
It is an easy to use tool, it is also totally free. We will be able to use it at any time with YouTube videos. It is downloadable this link in the browser, which in this case is Google Chrome only.
Get YouTube Video Thumbnail
Second, we find a web page that we can use on any device, since we only have to enter this link. The operation is really simple, which makes it ideal. Within the web we have to enter the URL of the video in question from YouTube.
When we have entered said URL, the cover photo of the video in question will be displayed. This is what will allow us to download in this case. So if we have seen a video whose cover photo interests us, we can use this website to extract it. Very comfortable, because there are videos in which we cannot see said image or it does not appear in the video. So we have access to it at all times in a simple step.
But if you were looking for a way to get that image from videos on YouTube, this website is an ideal option for this. It is easy to use and we will not take anything when making use of it. So it is possibly the most comfortable that we find in this case.
Turn Off The Lights
Lastly, we have another extension that we can use in Google Chrome, although it is also compatible with other browsers. Its main purpose is to darken the rest of the screen when we play a video on YouTube. Although there are also a series of additional functions, among them we find the possibility to extract images of these videos that we are watching on the popular web
This extension is installed in the browser and its icon will be displayed in the upper right corner. When we are watching the video, we right over said icon and enter options and then advanced options. Inside there we activate the function called Video Toolbar. This is what makes it possible for us to have the possibility of extracting said images from YouTube videos.
When we are watching the video on YouTube, when we place the mouse over said video, several options will appear. There is an icon in the form of a photo camera, which is the one we have to press to extract images from the video. It is presented as an extension with many possibilities, but easy to use at all times. You can download from its website in the browser of your choice.