Creating Still Images in FCP

In FCP, How do I create still images and then save them in a high quality jpg format that can be used for websites and promotion?

To create a still image from video in FCP, place the Timeline playhead on the frame you want to use, then go to File->Export->Using QuickTime Conversion. Once the export window opens, choose Still Image from the FORMAT menu and then choose the file type from the OPTIONS menu. Give the image file a name, navigate to the location you want to save it and hit SAVE.
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In dummies terms, how do I create still images from my FCP 4 project, save them in a file and burn them on a CD? i know I set it up in QT Conversion, take the image from VIEWER, but where does it end up once it's saved/ In the TIMELIN? Do I creat In and Out pooints? do I drag it to the TIMELINE? Looked in manual but it doesn't take me all the way. apprciate some help. thanks, Andy

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Creating Still images

I would like to creat still images in iMovie while the movie is playing. I know that I could do this in previous versions but now I can't do it using the shift-command - s keys. It just beeps when I try it. Is there a setting I need to adjsut to be able to do this? Right now I have to go back to the beginning of the clip after it makes a still image. this wastes time.
Thanks in advance for any help.

-matter of fact it's never done that.
I was able to make still shots while the clip was playing in a previous version of iMovie. Maybe iMovie 3 or 4? Last year when I did my daughters ballet recital I was able to make still shots while the clip was playing.
-what exactly do you mean when you say that you have to go back to the beginning of the clip?
After I get done making the still shot, I have to click on the clip again and it takes me back to the beginning of that clip.
Thanks for your help!

Can't create still image

I just upgraded to Quick Time Pro. I 'm trying to create still images from a movie clip, but the EXPORT option is BLANK. Why????

There should be three options for still images. First, you could use Export, then use the Export drop-down menu to choose "Movie to Picture" if you only want single images. For a sequence of all frames in the movie you should choose "Movie to Image Sequence". If you don't want all frames then use the shift key and the arrow keys to select a range of frames and then use Copy to put the selection on the clipboard. Open a new QT document and use paste, then export the image sequence. Finally, you could use Copy to put the frame showing in a movie window onto the Clipboard, where you could use a graphic editor and import the frame for saving in your choice of formats. If none of these options are available then you may have to re-install QT as these been the standard ways to save images in QT Player going back several versions.

Create still images from video files?

from http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/5-new-photoshop-tips-for-photographers/ , "You can now preview video in Bridge and create still images from video files."
I just installed the 5.4 Camera Raw Update.
I can preview the AVI files from my Nikon D5000, but have not figured out how I might create a still image ( other than stopping the movie, and dragging to copy ) Have tried searching adobe, this forum, have not found more info ion this.

Stop the video at the desired point, press the Shift, Command, and 4 keys, drag the cursor so that the whole picture is highlighted, let go of the button, and open the PNG on the desktop.
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Using still image in FCP and Motion

I'm using still images in Motion (and FCP) and exporting them to Quicktime movie files. What's the best size and resolution for the images and are JPGs or TIF best? I'm exporting for 720 X 480, and currently my JPGs are 4 x 6 at 300 dpi with a pixel width and height of 1312 x 2000. I'm adding some behaviors to the images in Motion (motion paths and shrink/grow).
My FCP project is setup as a DV NTSC 48kHz, 720 x 480, editing timebase=59.94, timecode Rate=same as editing timebase, compressor-DV/DVPRO-NTSC, quality 100%.
When I export to Quicktime the movies are very low quality--lots of noise and moire pattern etc.
How do I get the best qualtiy using still images? Is it my FPS setting, image pixel size, compressor setting? Also, do the movies need to be deinterlaced?
The preview in the FCP browser and canvas looks a little better but I do notice noise (moire patterns) along the sharp edges of the still images.
I've seen QT movies of these very same images (done by someone else who is no longer around) and they are much better quality.
Does anyone have an appropriate workflow for this type of project? The final movies are to be shown on a flatscreen monitor from a local computer, so the file sizes can be relatively large (300mb).
I can post an example of he movie files if that might help.
Thanks.
Pedro

David, your a genius!!! You posted your reply on my birthday, and I missed it until today!
Fotomagico is devastatingly easy to use and absolutely makes me want to cry at the amount of time I wasted creating photo slideshows in FCP!
I opened Fotomagico up and created a slideshow, one that I had already created in FCP and had take me FIVE HOURS to create... in TEN MINUTES!!!!!!!!! Aaaaaaaaah.
I couldn't believe it. I thought there had to be a catch or something. This was too easy the quality can't be there... but it was. It's amazing and I can't thank you enough for all the future hours you have saved for me.
Al Romero

Which color space to save still images for FCP?

When saving still images as TIFF files to be brought into FCP, what color space should the files be saved in? The Adobe color space or SRGB, or other?
Thanks.

sRGB/JPEG is the best because all the color information is encoded in the actual image when you create a JPEG, as JPEGs don't carry color space information with them, like .PSD and .TIFF do.
As for sRGB, that is as close as there is to a universal color space for monitors, and you are least likely to find a surprise when you check across many monitors. The tradeoff is a reduced color gamut if you display on a well calibrated broad gamut monitor.
The gamma matters all the way through, if you want what you see in Photoshop to match what you see on a calibrated display monitor. The newest Photoshop, and Lightroom, use a native gamma of 2.2, which matches all video displays (not computer displays). If you generate JPEGs from them, they will have a gamma of 2.2. You then need to import them into FCP with a gamma of 2.2 for the interpretation. If you go directly to DVD from there, all is fine. If you go to a Quicktime movie, you need to know what the codec you plan to use will do. ProRes maintains the existing gamma, H.264 lightens up to 1.8, as does animation. I haven't characterized the others.

Creating Still Images/High quality JPG's...please help

We are in desparate need of creating quality still images from captured video. Basically, we have footage in mini DV format that we import into Final Cut HD using a Sony Clamshell deck. What is the best way to make high quality still images?
We tried it this way....Export Quicktime as Still image...and it just looks bad, Even after De-interlacing it within Photoshop. We need it to look exactly like it does if we simply press pause on the deck or pause within Final Cut.

When you start with DV material, the highest res you can for a still image capture is 720x480 (non-square) or the equivalent of a really bad quality cheepo still camera. (~640x480 square pixels)
To avoid the need to deinterlace, (the horrors of which are described below) find sections in your masterpiece that have VERY LITTLE motion, i.e. everyone/thing standing/existing absolutely still with the camera locked down on a tripod. These sections will yield the very best possible still images.
If you have motion the frame, the still images will exhibit 'tearing' which comes from the two fields of video being recorded ~1/60 second apart. The second field shows elements displaced from the first field - hence a kind of internal image shifting going on. The only real way to deal with these kind of images is to deinterlace them - that is - decide which field you are going to keep and throw away the other.
When you have deinterlaced the image, you have in effect reduced it from a 720x480 image to a 720x240 image. The image pixel count REMAINS 720x480 but with half the vertical information as the remaining lines are doubled or interpolated to build back to 480 lines.
Confused yet? I hope not...
Still, if you know you'll want stills from a project, it's better to carry around a small digital still camera, you'll get better results. Otherwise, plan on pretty small prints.
Good luck.
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Something like the save still feature on a video clip but for a menu?

So I took a screenshot using capture me. The resolution of the image on the dispay ends up being 640 x 480, 4:3 aspect ratio.
If I import that into dvd sp, it doesnt line up quite right, but almost right. its a little thin side to side.
If I resize it in photoshop to 720 x 480, for some reason when I bring it back into dvd sp it doesnt unstretch it, but displays it as a letterbox. The pct file says its using square pixels in photosop so I must be missing something as to why it doesnt resolve back properly. Any ideas?

Creating still images from video

About two days ago I downloaded some Itunes videos and was able to save stills (images) using quicktime's copy option. However, once Itunes updated.. quicktime would not allow me to do this and would save as a gray image instead. I've now downloaded quicktime pro and read the instructions to save stills. However, the export button will not work for me. Any ideas on how to fix this? thanks.

Are these "purchased" files from the iTunes Store?
If so they are "protected" files and copying is not allowed.
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Working with still images in FCP X

Is there a easy way to work with pictures in FCP X? Yes, I know it's built for editing video, but I use to rack up hundreds of pictures in FCP 7 to create DVD and CD-ROM slideshows for my job and it worked great. I could overlay custom titles and graphics that I built in Motion and had great success. However, X takes forever to process images and is so slow. Any advice??

Is there a easy way to work with pictures in FCP X? Yes, I know it's built for editing video, but I use to rack up hundreds of pictures in FCP 7 to create DVD and CD-ROM slideshows for my job and it worked great. I could overlay custom titles and graphics that I built in Motion and had great success. However, X takes forever to process images and is so slow. Any advice??

Still images from FCP Studio 2

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?
When doing that, it seems just to make them a larger photo.
THANKS!
Lawrence

Yes, you can change the DPI to 300. No, this won't make the images any sharper. They started out 1280x1080, 72dpi. Merely increasing the DPI won't make them higher resolution. It will still look like video. If you hire a photoshop pro, a graphics designer, they might have a few plugins in their toolkit that can help, like Genuine Fracals that help with upscaling smaller images, plus know-how on how to deal with this. But it won't look like it originated from a 12 MP camera.
Suitable for printing? That's up to you. How does it look to you?

Creating Still Images in iMovie 08

Hello
I work with with two G5's and a numerous MacBooks, the problem arose when I was delivering iMovie 08 training. Ctrl - Click - Add still frame to project worked on capturing a still on the G5 and MacBook but did not work on a top of the end MacBook Pro. The option just wasnt there when i ctrl - clicked? any ideas??? All MacBooks and MacBookPro's were operating iMovie 08.
Regards
Glen.

Other than that any other ideas? Try installing 10.5? Its just really strange when my g5 and macbooks work fine and these two brand new macbook pros dont!
Not really. Of course I am assuming there are on hardware changes that would preclude accessing context menu or screen capture access which have been part of the OS for some time now. I have mixed emotions regarding Leopard. On the one hand it added several new features. (E.g., like being able to use Front Row now if i want to do so.) On the other hand, I am disappointed that my MPEG-2 encoder is no longer functional, Compressor no longer works (switched to bitVice), and I have to boot up in Tiger to get DVD Studio Pro to work. (I.e., I stopped updating FCP after v4.5/never switched to Studio.) So there are some things lost in updating. Just can't see why a MacBook Pro should be affected.
Anyway thanks for your help and if you can think of anything else please let me know.
Will do. And, if you will, let us know if you find out anything definite in case other users come up with similar problems.

Importing still images into FCP

I just spent about an hour resizing a bunch of pictures in iPhoto to the 4x3 DVD setting. I imported well over a 100 photos into FCP and the first picture I dragged to the timeline was super big!!!! How in the world did that happen if I cropped the picture down to a 4:3 image? So now it looks like I have to go and resize all these pics all over again but inside FCP! This is crazy!

If I do in FCP, how do I accomplish 2 things:
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Creating PICTURES from STILL IMAGES

I have been playing around and looking for someway to create a still picture from your movie. I have been able to create still images, but is it at all possible to just take a simple picture from one of the frames?
I am interested in using this for posting and emailing them. I also would love to be able to use the Ken Burns effect on a still image in my movie.
Does anyone know if this is possible?

Thanks SD,
I am quite aware of those two methods. My question is if it possible to to the KB Effect on one of your still images.
Forexample, you are showing a video and all the sudden it pauses and zooms in on the paused frame.
My other question is if it is possible to make a still frame and then just save it as a photo. Lets say I wanted to make a movie poster for my movie. Can I use one of the frames as a simple jpeg?

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