Making a still from FCP video

I need to make a still (JPEG, tiff, ...) from a frame of my video on FCP so I can put it in a Word doc afterwards.
How do I proceed?
Thanks

Hi,
Place you playhead over the frame you want to create your still from, hit shift N and then export (using quicktime conversion) . Choose still image from the format menu and under options choose you prefered format, JPEG TIFF etc.
DM

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I have loaded some video clips from my digital camera into iPhoto, and would like to select and extract some single still frames. I don't understand the advice about red lines on browsers and so on when i feed this idea into "Help". Please can anyone tell me if and how it can be done?

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Shane's Stock Answer #3:
To export your DV project so there is no loss in quality, simply go to the File Menu and select EXPORT>QUICKTIME MOVIE. Not Quicktime Conversion, fot this will compress the footage. Make sure the settings match your timeline settings, make it self contained and you are set.
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I have a problem exporting a still image from a FCP sequence that is rendered fine.
I have selected format under options of still image under export with QT. Seems to do something with I click on register, but nothing is done. I can't find any picture. I even searched my disk with "find" to make sure.
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I am doing a video project for college and I want to create a stop motion style scene. I took a continuous video of myself drawing bit by bit a picture on a chalkboard and stepping out of the shot after each piece was drawn, now i want to edit out all the parts with me in it. I figured the best way to do this would be to convert the video into a sequence of stills and then just delete the ones i dont need.
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Ok, I have done it again. I edited a documetnary yet, forgot to have a photographer on the set.
I have captured some great images using my HVX200 but of course when exporting a still from FCP, the resolutin is only 72dpi and I need 300.
Could I import teh stills from FCP into Photoshop and just change the dpi? Would this be suitable for printing the images?
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Message was edited by: derekfromco kildare

Might need a little more information here. Are you trying to obtain screen captures? If all you're wanting to do is take stills from your videos then the answer is yes, you can but you'll have to transfer your videos from your iPhone to your computer first (unless you can find an APP on the iTunes store to help you to do it on your iPhone).
There are a few ways to do it. The first is that you can use the button on your keyboard called "Prt Scr" or "Print Screen". This takes a shot of your screen which you can then "paste" into a program like paint, or photoshop or even Word to then save as a jpeg image. When using this option a good trick is to use "Alt" + "Prt Scr" to only capture the current window rather than your entire desktop.
The other way to obtain screenshots is to download and install a program designed to do this for you. A great site to find something free to help you out is www.tucows.com. Try this link: http://www.tucows.com/search.html?search_scope=win&search_terms=screenshot&searc h_type=all
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