Creating pictures/posters from dvd images

Hi.
my mac is new so I still don't entirely know what I'm doing.
My friend created a dvd of me doing a few scenes for a promo reel (I'm an actor).
I would like to be able to take shots from the dvd and use it as pictures for head shots, self promotion, posters, etc.
How do I take still shots from the dvd and copy them or make them into pictures or make them into .jpg files?
I tried the screen shot method with shift-mac-3 but I just received a meesage that said "screen grabs are unavailable during dvd playback. Please quit dvd player first."
Please Help.
thanks in advance

The DVD Player application will not allow you to do screen captures with the usual key combinations. You can use a Terminal command, however.
Use DVD Player to play your DVD. Pause at the point you want to capture. Start Terminal (Utilities folder). Copy this command into Terminal:
screencapture -iW ~/Desktop/screen.png
and press return. You will see a camera icon; move it over the DVD Player window and click. The file screen.png will be created on your desktop.

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