Picking a Different Video Still

How Do I Pick a Different Video Still?

Say you're looking at a video in your course and want to change the still frame. Or you have a video on a landing page, and the still frame it uses is not what you'd like. Well, this is super quick and easy!

Follow these steps

1. Select Content from you Simplero Dashboard

2. Select the Media files tab:
   
   
   
   

3. . Select Videos from the menu tabs and choose your video
   
   
   

4. Scroll down to the Default still frame section and choose which still frame to use

5. Click on one of the predefined frames, this will now be used as your thumbnail
   
   

6. The image that is the current thumbnail will have the thick black box around it. 
7. If you'd like to instead have a gif of your video, you'll want to select one of the animated options. They are always the last on the list:
   
   
   Video Player is loading.

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   Play

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   Stream Type LIVE

   Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE

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   Chapters

   • Chapters

   Descriptions

   • descriptions off, selected

   Subtitles

   Audio Track

   Enhanced AudioPicture-in-PictureFullscreen

   This is a modal window.

   Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.

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   Window

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   Text Edge Style

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   Font Family

   Proportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall Caps

   Reset restore all settings to the default valuesDone

   Close Modal Dialog

   End of dialog window.
   
   

Not happy with any of the ones we grabbed for you?

1. Click the play button on the video

2. When the frame you want to use is in view, click the green "Use current frame as the still frame" button:
   
   
   

3. We'll grab that frame in the background and set it as the still frame

4. If you want to generate an animated frame instead, you'll click generate animated fram and it will grab 3 second clip where you paused it:
   
   

Marketing tip

Pick a frame where you look really silly! Why do you ask? It will capture their attention! Especially if it's an animated frame :)