This tutorial will teach you how to download a picture from a Youtube video. I have been getting a lot of questions lately on how to download a picture from a Youtube video, and when I explain how easy it is to get the image you want, people are often baffled.
In order to download a picture from a Youtube video, you will need to have an working internet connection, and internet browser and storage to safe the picture.
How to download a picture from a Youtube video
Lets say, that for example, we want to download the picture of the ‘New Deep House Sessions Music 2016’ mix by Dj Drop G.
The first thing which we need to do, is navigate to the page which contains the video.
In this case it is the following link:
Once we arive at the Youtube video page, we will need to press:
- CTRL+U
This will open a new window, which will show the source code of the page you just loaded. Once the source code is visible, we will need to hit CTRL+F. This will enable the search function.
In the search bar, you will need to provide the following text:
- thumbnailurl
The link which is found next to the thumbnailurl, is the URL of the picture you want to have. Click on the link, and you will get the picture you want.
So in order to get the Youtube picture of a Youtube video, you will need to perform the following commands in right sequence:
- Open the video
- Hit CTRL+U
- Hit CTRL+F
- Search for “thumbnailurl”
How about watch video in fullscreen, and then make a screenshot?
Hehehe, using the screenshot button on the keyboard is also an idea.