Exporting video as frames?

I would like to export a video as a series of frames (aka separate still image files) in order to draw over them in Flash to create an animation. I have Final Cut Pro 7 and I have access to all Adobe software.
Please help as I really cannot find this piece of info!

Noel,
That is rotoscoping, and was once done with dyes by hand, frame by frame.
For a long time, Adobe Premiere could Export in Film Strip format (FLM), and the Film Strip could be brought into PS for the rotoscoping work. Film Strip has been dropped, so I am not sure what the exact method would be with CS5 - Targa Sequence maybe? HERE is a discussion on using Film Strip between Premiere and AfterEffects.
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The really odd thing is, it looks and acts fine when I play from 5 seconds or so before the end of the clip. It's only playing it in its entirety that the end acts up.
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Hi Bill, thanks for your thoughts on this.
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I am sure this is a basic setting I am overlooking, but a lot of this is new to me - any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
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I'm far from being an expert, but since no one has replied to you yet, and because I've been helped out here plenty of times, I'll post something and who knows -- it may be the answer.
Your post was really long but from what I can gather, you're wondering why your exported video does not look good when you open it in QuickTime. Try this: Open the video in QT, hit command-J, then click on Video Track, then at the bottom right (under Visual Settings) you'll see High Quality, Single Field, and Deinterlace. Click around on those to see if that improves what you see.

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Please find attached images for reference.

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Just turned off background rendering.
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Size: 951,735,770 bytes (951.7 MB on disk)
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Codecs: H.264, AAC, Timecode
2 Audio Channels
Total bit rate: 12,274
Size: 966,817,082 bytes (966.8 MB on disk)
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If that wasn't what you were looking for, just let me know. I'm not very good with technical stuff sometimes so may have misunderstood.
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