"Freeze Frame" image is squashed in Photoshop

Please help! I have exported a frame using the camera icon in Elements 9, but the image is not opening in Photoshop the same size. Plan to modify the image and then import back and overlay it onto the Elements video, so it is important that the image size matches. Any advise would be greatly appriciated!
Z
Video info:
DV NTSC
720x480
D1/DV NTSC Widescreen 16:9

This is a feature that Adobe has intentionally left undone in Premiere Elements, and it's why I include a solution in my books.
http://Muvipix.com/pe9.php
The program outputs a non-square pixel image. To output a standard, square pixel image, you need to go to Share/Computer/Image and select the Still Image option. Then, in the Advanced settings, turn off the Constrain Proportions chainlink, set the Video to 640x480 (standard definition video) or 1920x1080 (hi-def) and ensure that the PAR is set to Square Pixels (1.0). (In my book, I show you how to create a permanent preset, so you don't have to do this every time.)
Then, to clean up your photo, open it in Photoshop Elements and, from the Filter menu, select Video/De-interlace.

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    /snap shot image frooze without sound...
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