High quality stills from timeline

What is the best output method to export a still from the timeline?
Footage: 720PN 24p

export a tiff or photoshop-- never a jpeg. The best a still will appear as in a photo program is 72 dpi. There isn't a lot you can do to up-rez it except halve or quarter the size, thereby doubling the dpi. You can print beautiful postage stamps from video however.

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