video crisp, still capture blurry

[oneloosecrank]

Hello again all!
I'm working on the usual MTB film and I'm taking a 'snapshot' to the clipboard but it comes out terribly blurry. The video however looks fine. Is it just my eyes? My mind? Have I eaten too much cheese? Or is the video actually worse than it looks in the preview window? This is very disappointing as I can't seem to get a single decent snapshot for this reason.

[Zero]

Have you tried saving as a still from the timeline rather than snapshot to clipboard? Snapshots are very low res.

[Midnight Blue]

Also make sure the preview is set on best full before you take the snapshot.

[altarvic]

Set preview to Best/Full, deinterlace mode to Interpolate (if your source is interlaced), field order to Progressive, rendering quality to Best.
There are several scripts that can automate this process