FCP : export a still frame

Here is something one never wants but my client does: how can I export a still frame from FCP (I am rendering froma SVHS tape to DV-PAL)

Use the the QuickTime conversion/still image option from a parked playhead.

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Can you send/export a still frame from an FCP sequence?

Can you send/export a still frame from FCP as a picture to the desktop? Doesn't matter if it is a .jpeg, .tiff, . bitmap
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8) Dual 1.8

serach the forum for any of the hundreds of posts detailing this process -
my personal favorite is shift-N, apple-9, type name, drag to bin, batch export.
The best thing about the batch export queue is you can set up a batch with the file format and destination folder and then keep adding new clips/stills to export.
Hope this helps -
Max Average

How can I export a still frame form a video in FCP X

Hi all - I cannot see how to export a still from a video using FCP X. The Share option doesn't seem to offer a dialogue such as in Tom Wolski's book page 370
Has it changed with 10.0.7
Cheersand thanks

[email protected] wrote:
… Has it changed with 10.0.7
it has.
Mark&Steve give some excellent (as usual) hints in their latest podcast:
http://youtu.be/RlgeJJyFdXo

How do I export a still frame

How do you export an imovie still frame to other formats such as jpg

Yes I'm *sure* there's no storboard in my version. Though I think it's a matter of how they are calling it. In my opinion, apple likes to give features, which are already there, a new name and enhances them a bit (graphically for one part) in every new version (think of "conversation view" in Mac os x lion mail.app). But that aside.
I have to look again if I find something like the "show in finder". But what I meant, was that I don't have the storyboard in the appearance you guys (with your iMovie '11) havewith all those extras like sorting clips in medium shot, wide shot, etc. In my iMovie, it's just a block of clips and not one of the three categories (outline, storyboard, shot list).
That's my imovie (what I think you mean with "storyboard" is my upper left corner)
That is your storyboard:
What I found in my iMovie was the "add freeze frame"-method in my "bunch-of-clips"-section (storyboard).
What I found quite possible is to adjust the slider so i can see every second after makeing a freeze frame. Next, I can select less than a half second and when exporting that part as jpgs (with calbe's method), I don't have so many pictures. As I mentioned before, it's not so sophisticated. (Not without thinking, apple seems to have made this particular part better in iMovie '11.)

How to create and export a still frame from a movie in iMovie 09

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Are you working in iMovie and realize that certain frames in the movie would be perfect as photographs? Here is how to extract them...
*To get a still frame from an Event*, right-click on the frame and select "Add Still Frame to Project". The still will be added to the end of the current project. Right click on the still frame in the project and select "Reveal in Finder". You will see a jpeg file that is highlighted. Drag this jpeg file in the finder to the iPhoto icon on your dock.
*If you want a still from a project*, rather than an event, the process is similar, except you right-click on the frame and select "Add Freeze Frame", and it adds the freeze frame at the end of the clip rather than at the end of the project. Right-click/reveal in Finder, drag JPEG to iPhoto icon in dock.
*If you are not using iPhoto*, and just want to save to your desktop, click Reveal in Finder as above, then COPY, then PASTE to desktop.
Hint: If you do not want to clutter up your iMovie Project with stills at the end that you would have to go back and delete, then create a separate iMovie Project just for your stills, and follow the instructions for capturing stills from an Event.
Note: If you do not have a right mouse button, then control-click will work instead of right-click.
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First, click iMovie/About and see which version you have.
Versoon 9.0.2 would be iMovie 11.
Follow the instructions [in this post|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=13065602#13065602]
If you have Version 8.0.6, that is iMovie 09 and you should see the Reveal In Finder option.

Re: How to create and export a still frame from a movie in iMovie 09

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First, click iMovie/About and see which version you have.
Versoon 9.0.2 would be iMovie 11.
Follow the instructions [in this post|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=13065602#13065602]
If you have Version 8.0.6, that is iMovie 09 and you should see the Reveal In Finder option.

Exporting a freeze frame as a still image

Hi I need to extract a still frame from some footage, how do i do this so i can export it so i can use on a website ?
Hillster

Here's a really cool way if you have Photoshop, especially if you ever need to export multiple still frames:
Generally after a cut is complete we export a Quicktime movie of it in our favorite format [generally ProRes or XDCAM EX]. Open that file in a Quicktime player.
Open Photoshop create a new document, in our case 1920x1080P.
Place the Quicktime player just above the Photoshop document, scroll to the still you want, hold down shift [this centers the image in the center of the frame] and drag and drop into the Photoshop document.
Do this as many times as you want, each time you drop an image it creates a new layer in the Photoshop document.
Once you have the stills you want, close Quicktime, in Photoshop go to File/Scripts/Export Layers to Files and it will export, name and place the files where you tell it in TIFF, JPEG or whatever format you choose.
We do a lot of corporate stuff and since exporting a still from FCP was much more time consuming than it should be we rarely provided stills. Once we were told about this method we provide 15 to 20 stills from every project for use in brochures and other promotional materials.
The cool things is that they're not aware how quick and efficient it is to do this, and we $till charge for every $till!

Exporting still frame from FCE

When exporting a still frame created in FCE, is there a way to make it so the resolution is as high as possible?

There is no point in making the resolution higher than the original frame as it will not improve it.
You might be able to do it in Photoshop or a similar program.

Exporting Still Frames from iMovie

I have managed to extract still frames from videos and put them back into iMovie. I would now like to export some still frames from iMovie and put them into a Word document. I can't seem to figure out how to do this. Any ideas?

set playhead at wanted position of clip ..
ctr-click, choose 'add still frame to Project'
in Project window, click on new clip, ctrl-click, choose 'reveal in Finder'
from Finder, copy .jpg to any other location of harddrive
drag that copy into your document..

Export Still Frame - Resolution

I need to export a still frame from a video to create print materials. I exported as DPX from Program monitor (couldn't find any settings for resolution). Opened the file in Photoshop and realized the file resolution is 72 pixels per inch. How can I change export settings to be able to export stills at 300 resolution.Since DPX is used to create film prints, I assume there is a way to export stills at other than screen resolution. Suggestions and pointers appreciated.
Thanks.
RV

I assume there is a way to export stills at other than screen resolution.
There isn't. Screen resolution has little connection to print resolution. Video (and film) doesn't have any sort of DPI, though it's commonly referred to as having 72DPI; this is really just a convenience, more than anything. The only thing that matters in video is raw frame size, e.g. 1920x1080. At the typical print resolution of 300DPI, that's about 6.5"x3.5"--not exactly poster size.
The best you can do is use Photoshop or other scaling algorithms to blow up the image, with the knowledge that it's going to get less sharp the larger you go.

After Effects CC - Export Still Frame

Hi,
I have recently upgraded to CC. I am trying to export still frames as a jpg from After Effects CC
CS 5.5 (and previous versions) allowed me to use the shortcut ctrl+alt+s to add the current frame to the render queue as a still frame. I would then change the format via the output module.
The same shortcut in CC opens a dialogue box with psd as the only available output format. Composition> Save Frame As > File... also results in psd format with no other options.
Is there a simillar simple process for exporting a still frame jpg via the render queue?
Thanks in adavance

scott_travers wrote:
There does seem to be some unnecessary changes.
However i have resolved this myself, if you click ok on the dialogue box and except the psd format, it adds it to the render quene where you can then change the format. No idea why there aren't any other options in the 'Save as File...' option, only PSD.
This is the expected behavior when you have never rendered a comp from a newly installed version of AE. It's worked this way since at least AE 6.5 (the oldest version I have installed on a nearby computer to compare). The output module needs to have a destination for the file, so when you invoke the Save Frame As File command for the first time it brings up the Save As dialog. For the same reason, if you were to add a comp to the Render Queue directly it won't allow you to render until you set a destination.
After the first time you create a output module with a destination, AE will remember the last-used location and use that by default without asking you. The only time you should it would ask you again is if you destroy AE's preferences or if the last-used location is no longer valid (deleted folder, disconnected drive, etc.).
The reason the only selectable format here is PSD is because that is what the default OM for Save Frame As File uses. You can, and should, change this if you always use a different format. Go to Edit > Templates > Output Module . Create a new template with your desired settings and assign it to Frame Default.

Exporting Still Frames - A quicker Way?

Is there a way to sort of automate the export of still frames? I have cmd-e mapped to "Export QuickTime Conversion," but still every time I have to name the file and change the setting to "Still Frame." Is there a plug-in or script so that I can just hit one button on the timeline and have a still on my desktop or something. This is something that's bothered for a long time.
Thanks,
Madame Psychosis

In the viewer, set an in-out on the frame you want to export, drag from the viewer to a bin (creating a sub clip of sorts).
Do this for each frame you wan to export.
Select all clips in bin and export to compressor. Use compressor for the single frame setting and that should do the trick.

Still Frame altered in Photoshop resizes in iMovie

Hello,
When I export a still frame as a pict file from iMovie and then edit that still frame in photoshop (resaved as a pict file), the file imports back into iMovie resized. It enlarges a bit more than the previous still frame. Does anyone know how to avoid this resize issue?
Thanks for any help

I am not at home now to verify or play with it first hand, but if I was to take a guess it would probably be because of the 640 vs. 720 conversion iMovie does behind the scenes with the horizontal pixels. See TVs use rectangular pixels while computers use square pixels. TV pixels are slightly taller than wide or put another way, the pixels are thinner than on a computer. So 720 thin TV pixels equal about 640 square computer pixels. What iMovie does is it will show you everything on your screen as 640 horizontal pixels so everything looks correct (height to width ratio looks right and nothing is stretched or squished), but really everything in iMovie is 720 pixels wide because that is the format needed for standard TV sets.
So because of this, and since Apple wants everything very simple for this application, when you import still images, it expects 640x480 (for North American TV; PAL has a different vertical size), which it then will (behind the scenes) convert to 720 thin/TV pixels. If you import something other than that, iMovie will resize accordingly.
OK so here is what I am not sure of but am speculating might be going on but can not check at the moment. When you select a frame and export that frame as a still image, I am guessing you really are getting a 720x480 image. This would be noticeable when opened in your image editor in that the image should now look a bit stretched out horizontally (yes, the camera really does add 10 lbs!). Now you do your edits, save the image which is still 720x480. When you import this image back to iMovie, it sees 720, is expecting 640 and resizes accordingly, so your image ends up pinched in (gets thinner). So on the screen it will tend to look like it got taller, when in fact it instead got pinched from the sides. Is that what you are seeing?
Again I am only guessing here and maybe saving a still out of iMovie gives you a 640x480, in which case none of what I said above applies.
However if it all sounds correct above, then the solution is after you open the file in Photoshop, resize it and this is one of those rare times where you actually want to UNCHECK the box that keeps the ratio of the photo the same. So now you tell it to resize from 720 to 640 but not to change the 480 dimension. Your photo should now look normal (not stretched out) and after editing, saving, and re-importing to iMovie should look correct.
Patrick

Capturing Still Frames from a QuickTime Movie

1. Can I capture still frames from a QT Movie file using QuickTime 7?
2. If not can I do it with QuickTime Pro?
Windows XP

QuickTime Pro can "Export" a still frame to various image formats.
Just position the playhead on the frame you wish to export. Use the right-left arrow keys to "step" through frames.
You can get a larger sized export by enlarging the Player window.

JPEG export of QuickTime frame (with Location info)

Shoot QuickTime with iPhone 4S camera app.   Import into iPhoto and see that location data is recorded in file by nature of the fact that iPhoto shows a map pin of the location it was shot.   Park QuickTime on a frame in iPhoto. Select File Export, Kind: JPEG, with Location information ticked (which when I hover over this option says "Include GPS data in exported photos" -- see attached photo).   Click the Export button.   Choose a folder and save.   Resulting file is not a jpeg but is a 31 KB reference QuickTime of the original 1080p quicktime.
Why isn't this working?
iPhoto ’11 (ver 9.3 650.39)

Prior to version 9.1.5, iPhoto would export the currently parked frame of a QuickTime file. (See:
http://macmost.com/export-video-still-frame-as-image-with-iphoto.html)   This prior state of functionality, along with the fact that the current version's export menus do not dim or grey out during export from QT media, leads one to believe that frame export is a legitimate feature (or facility as you put it) of iPhoto that has somehow become broken, at least on my Mac. Maybe it works on other Macs.
Also, what is so wrong with the expectation that a still exported from video (which, by definition, is a series of stills presented at 30 frames per second, giving the illusion of movement) can inherit geolocation data from the originating video?   What makes this such a radical notion?   It is inheriting the width, the height, the saturation, the luminance -- why not throw in the location, which is a tiny morsel of geodata just asking to be plucked?   Those piddly bits would grant the exported still a greater context; they would, indeed, place it on a map.
And what could be a finer honour for a piece of media, be it a photo, be it a QuickTime, be it a still exported from a QuickTime, than to be given its place on the iPhoto map. Such a proud distinction that says "Yes, I am an image (or a moving image, or a still taken from a moving image) and I was taken here."   Do not deny the honour of placement to these media. All are worthy of placement on the map, because all are historical artifacts that beg for geo-context.   And without geo-context, they become lost.
Goodnight.
(P.S. I plan to export lots of stills from lots of QuickTimes and do not want to do manual geotagging. No thanks.)

FCP : export a still frame

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