Creating a still frame without timex

Hi, I'm wondering if there is a really quick way to create a still frame without using timex (it freezes up my entire tree for some reason when I use it with the keymix layer), without having to render out a single image (I dont want to loose quality) and without having to drag it through timeview (I get real finicky trying to drag the time bar back and forth with the mouse or pen)?
There has got to be an easy way!

Just change it from 1145-1325 to 1-5000 or something(you are allowed to change those values). Either that or do a new filein and only pick the frame you need, not the entire frame sequence and it will automatically set the in and out as infinity(uncheck the "sequence listing" in the file browser).

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