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Sholom: >Has anybody heard of a product called Frame Grabber? It's supposed to be able to freeze a frame from a videotape and then be able to save it in a graphic format in windows.< I think "Frame Grabber" used to be card that simply captured still video frames and digitized them to your computer. Since then, a number of video digitizing cards have come out, most of which can grab either still frames or 15 fps video. I use the Intel Smart Video Recorder Pro for both still frame grabs and for motion video capture. It works well w/Windows and gives you 640 x 480 pixel images at 72 fps, which can be manipulated in PhotoShop (or another photo editing program) to whatever size and resolution you need. There are other cards out there that are either as good or better, or less expensive, depending on your needs. Hope this helps, Tim Liebe Contributing Editor, VIDEO Magazine