Exporting Stills from video

I have created several still clips from a video project but I can't seem to transfer the stills to iPhoto by selecting all, naming the file and saving the file in jpg. I have tried both ways (importing from iPhoto and exporting from iMovie) but when I export the file from iMovie to iPhoto it does not appear in the library. ??? When i click and drag a single pic to the desk top it still has the .div extension
attached. I have to remove the attachment and change it to jpg in order to drag it into iPhoto.
Thanks

select frame by positioning the playhead in iMovie
then hit -F (as Freeze, or Frame)
now, you should see a pic-file on your desktop, which you should be able to drag'n drop/import into iPhoto...
my guess is, you've selected a clip (=video, not still), and did choose motion-jpeg as export option... THAT is not compatible with iPhoto...

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Hello Brian,
Have you tried de-interlacing before exporting?
Sometimes, when I'm in a rush, I would expand the Canvas/Viewer (viewed at 100%), pick the clearest frame, and do a screen capture.
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ok so i have never had good luck exporting a still image from FCP. they always come out blurry. any tips would be awesome!

Pick a frame that has as little movement as possible. You may need to deinterlace in Photoshop. Keep in mind that if you're working with SD video, the resolution is pretty low compared to normal photographs.
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I'm using Photoshop Elements 8. When I try to capture still photos from video clips, the results are not very satisfactory. Usually the stills are very unclear, not sharp like I want them to be. I have to make many attempts to capture a still before I can get one that's halfway clear.   Does it have to be this way?   What can I do to get consistently clear stills from video? Thank you!

Fair enough, Barbara. Thanks!
Lewis B.
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:08:37 -0700
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Subject: How do I capture good stills from video on Photoshop Elements 8?
    Re: How do I capture good stills from video on Photoshop Elements 8?
    created by Barbara B. in Photoshop Elements - View the full discussion
Frame from Video is more or less a legacy feature in PSE 8. It was meant to capture a frame or two from a short homemade video at a low resolution. It doesn't do HD video at all, and isn't meant for a clip that's more than a minute or so in length. It's been dropped from the latest version because nobody has those kinds of movies anymore.
So the bottom line is you're better off doing this with some other program than with PSE.
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I am using FCP HD and I would like to know how do you make a still photo from video footage?
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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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OS X Mountain Lion: Shortcuts for taking pictures of the screen
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11229
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