Directory: Browse to the directory where you want the video snapshots files to be saved. In Simple Preferences, choose Video and configure the following options under Video snapshots:. You can also choose where the snapshots are saved, its format (PNG, JPG TIFF) and the file name of the saved picture file. In Mac OS X: Snapshots are saved in Desktop/ Configuring Snapshot Directory and Formats In Linux: Snapshots are saved in $(HOME)/.vlc/ * Assuming that Windows documents folder or user folder is in C: drive. In Windows XP: Snapshots are saved in C:\My Documents\My Pictures In Windows 7: Snapshots are saved in C:\Users\username\My Pictures Snapshot files are automatically saved to default locations based on the operating system that you use. 
You know that taking a snapshot has been successful if you see a thumbnail of the snapshot on top of the player along with its saved file location and file name. The option is also available by hitting right click on the video and from that menu selecting Video > Snapshot. Instead of the above hotkey, on the menu bar you can press Video > Snapshot to save a snapshot. Press the shortcut for taking snapshot. When you reach the part of the video which you want to save as a picture, pause it if you want. Make sure that the video for which you want to take the snapshot is playing. Your picture is automatically saved into a folder of your computer. Just click a button or hit a shortcut key. 
VLC has an inbuilt option called snapshots and you will learn how simple it is to take one. You can use that image for your own purposes such as sharing, turning it into a wallpaper or just saving it in your folder. This way, that part of the video is exported as an image.
VLC allows you to take snapshots of your favorite parts of a video file. If you have a video for which you want to extract a frame of it as a picture, then VLC is the right tool for you.
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