High Resolution Stills

Is it possible to get high resolution stills from video using final cut pro? How do I do this? I desperately need to get printable images from video - with minimum expense!

''The whole dpi-ppi thing is nit-picking.''
No Danny boy - its actually a matter of understanding what resolution is - you are perpetuating a myth that confuses too many people. Every week at least I have to explain to customers the implications of incorrectly demanding images should be a certain 'dpi' setting. Some of their mistakes are costly!
The hard n fast rule is - do not use dots per inch to describe a digital image, only ever use the number of pixels.
Dots per inch are only used in setting print output using ink, from office inkjet printers to web offset lithographic machines, it means; ink dots per inch, not pixels, frames per second or pints of beer.
When one creates graphics the resolution should be 72 dpi.
It is the actual pixels that are important.
You contradict yourself in the same paragraph:
There is no setting in any software application that can set dpi to format a digital image, you can only specify the number of pixels.
Screen resolution on a CRT is effectively 72 ppi(or dpi).
Screen resolution is not 72 and not dpi - screen resolution is measured in megahertz and line pairs per millimetre, the same way as a video camera is measured. Screen resolution measures the display device and has nothing to do with the number of pixels in an image file; you are confusing these two concepts. Each model of display has a different resolving power, as do cameras; so to blandly saying all screens have the same specification is wrong.
This is why a 13 inch CRT shows exactly the same picture as a 36 inch CRT.
Good grief NO
An 1024x768 picture would only show a small part of the image if shown on a 800x600 display
A 13-inch CRT would display the same number of PIXELS as a 36 inch CRT if the image is less than or equal to the maximum pixel size of the screen.
If you would like to know where the number 72 comes from, and why it is incorrect to use dpi as a digital image measurement, read the following:
www.scantips.com/no72dpi.html
If readers would like to know when and how to use dpi settings correctly, read the following printer manufacturers info:
www.photoexpert.epson.co.uk/UK/EXPERTISE/howto_choose_scanres.htm
best regards
Gary

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I need some stills of the work i've finished, but I only know the appleshift4 trick.
Is there a way to export a photo still from FCP to somewhere else in high resolution? (I have recorded in 24P MiniDV)
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export quicktime conversion, still image and choose the parameters. They will not be high resolution. they will be 720x480 (which you will need to resize in photoshop (or whatever) to 720 x 534 to adjust for rectangular pixels (video) vs. square pixels (computer and print) 72dpi.
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I am using a MBP Pro with 8 GB cache and 1 TB HDD from beginning of 2011 with OS X Yosemite and iPhoto version 9.6 (910.29).
I created an iPhoto Book to print which contains my best pictures of 2013 and 2014. Then I got an error message when I wanted to print the book, saying (translated from German):
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I then tried to repair my iPhoto library using iPhoto Library Manager, and merged and rebuilt libraries. The library that came out was crap - all folders that had lost connections to the high resolution pictures now have zero photos in it. Also it is lacking the projects, including the photo book I created.
Then I went to find out if there is a way to import the iphoto book project from the old, corrupt library into the new, repaired library but could not find anything. It can only be exported as a file structure or website. As the file structure is missing the high res pictures, that does not even solve the "little" problem of the photobook.
I would REALLY appreciate your help on the two questions:
1- Can you advise what I need to to do to to get the connection to the high resolution photos established again ? As it is more than 3000 photos, I use an automated way of reestablishing that connection. Probably an answer to this question would make question 2 irrelevant.
2- Do you know if there is a way to export and import a book project created in iPhoto from one library to another ?

1 - Select the thumbnail of one of the problem photos and use the File ➙ Reveal in Finder ➙ Original menu option. This will take you to the folder containing the original file with that file selected by the Finder.
You can also use Find Any File to search for that file (get the file name from the Info pane in iPhoto). You will find the thumbnail version and maybe an edited version also. Made sure what is found is the large, original version and note were it's located. Search all of your drives with FAF just in case.
If you don't fine the full sized version then the only recourse is to use a file recovery application like SubrosaSoft FileSalvage on your drives to see if any of your full sized photos can be recovered. If you find enough files to make the purchase of the software worthwhile buy it and recover the files. However, since it may have been quite a while since you discovered the missing originals it seems unlikely you'll be able to recover any due to being overwritten.
2 - book projects are just entries in the library databases and can't be exported to another library.

Forum oddity, w.r.t high resolution screen.

I started a thread on Windows/ Photoshop entitled "CS4 with a high resolution screen". People have replied to this, according to e-mail direct response. However, it is not on the list of forums, and neither does it appear on 'search'.
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Why can one not set the icons and the ephemeral facilities such as the layers pallet to be any size you want? It is really very silly.

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Another idea:
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Hi Marian.
Thanks for the excellent link. And I believe it is spot on.
***Warning: This is an off topic rant. And it's over 500 words.***
I did not get my first computer until 2001. Although I am a scientist at heart (university trained in chemistry and physics), and quite comfortable with technology, there was something deep within me that was resistant to buying a computer. Almost an inner foreboding. Even though I had already been using corporate computer nets (not the internet) since 1979, the PC seemed ominous to me.
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I do quite a bit of writing, and my first experience at writing for the internet was a disaster. Among other things, I am a fly fishing guide. A new internet fly fishing magazine had requested I submit a series of articles. Personal anecdotes about my experiences. The first article I submitted was about 2400 words. They loved it, but they said it said it was too long. So, I did a rewrite. It came in at 1800 words. And the rewrite took more time and effort than writing the original 2400 words. And the article was diminished. And still too long. They wanted it shorter.
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Maybe the publisher was right about his readers having short attention spans. I hope not, but I'm afraid it's true. And this mindset is the 500 pound gorilla in the room that few want to address.
I'm not by any stretch suggesting we should turn back the clock of progress. Only that we need to be aware of the negative potential of any new technology. And resist that negative potential with all our hearts. Or our minds will suffer.
FWIW.
Peace,
Lee

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Hi All, I am in an urgent requirement where I have few .tif images. There size is very high. When I am uploading, there resolution is not good and they are automatically converted to jpg.
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Reply immidiatly,

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You must have a very high resolution screen, also called HiDpi.
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