ripping/converting extras (concept art)

[Juggalette]

hello all,

i am trying to get some extras off a dvd i own. there are some concept art i am trying to make hard copies of, but i am not having any luck. i've managed to rip the right files onto the hdisk, but i dont know where to go from there.

thanks for any help!

[E-Male]

i'll give you the rough version, only from my memory
if you need more details just tell me where you're stuck

i'll asuem it are pictures you can go through with your remote, not changing by themselfs, so no video (in the sence of moving picture)

i'll also assume you use gordian knot, or at least avisynth in any way
if not i'll explain that aswell

* = like you'd do with a movie

-rip the vobs*
-make the d2v file*
-great an avs file for it (maybe with gordian knot)[use lanczos resize and resize to 720x???, or if you crop at least keep the width as it is and onyl resize the hight for correct AR](*)
-open the avs file in virtualdubmod(*)
-use the avs-editor to remove anything from the avs except the "loadplugin" command for the mpeg2 plugin, "mpeg2soruce", "resize" and maybe "crop"
-look through the file in virtualdubmod, every frame should be one picture, maybe there is some unwanted stuff at beginning and/or end, you can remove that with "trim" in the avs script
-use "file"/"save image sequence" to save teh frames to pictures
-use the picture program of your choice to fit the picture(s) to page(s) and print them

phew, hope i didn't miss anything, sentences got more complicated than i planed...
just ask if anything is unclear

good luck

[Dimmer]

@Juggalette
Again, if the concept art is a series of still images (pictures), you can simply play the DVD in a software player like PowerDVD and take screenshots saving the images as .BMP.

Keep in mind that DVD resolution isn't that great for printing quality images.

[E-Male]

didn't think of teh screenshot feature of software dvd players
if it's only a few images that shoudl be fastest
the one tiem i used the method i discribed it where ~200 images, so automation was crutial