Exporting many still images

The thread on exporting a still image reminds me to ask how you can export a whole series of stills. I often want to export a lot of stills from a film to use in graphics programmes but wonder if there is a way to do this without having to work my way through each individual clip. On a previous editing system I used to create a whole lot of one frame clips and then exported selection of them all and they appeared as tifs (or whatever). Does FCP have something similar. I have feeling that I once did something similare using batch export but cannot remember how even when I re read the help.
Pete Snowdon

I used to create a whole lot of one frame clips and then exported selection of them all and they appeared as tifs (or whatever). Does FCP have something similar<<</div>
Yes it does. Once you've assembled the frames you want to export, set an IN and OUT point, the go to File->Export->Using QuickTime Conversion. In the export window, choose "Image Sequence" and then choose the file format you want from the OPTIONS button. Make sure you create a folder for the files to go into.
-DH

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