Problem exporting stills from movie

Hello,
I'm trying to export stills in JPEG or TIFF from my quicktime movie. (QT Pro 7)
I drag the playhead to the image > export > movie to pic > TIFF (or JPEG)
But no matter what, the image saved on my desktop is in a PICT format which I cannot read.
Thank you.

You don't need to keep the .pct file extension on your export.
You can change the .pct to .jpg (if you use Photo-JPEG compression) extension and save away.
Bonus tip:
You can also change the display size of the movie playback (drag or use the menu) and your "capture" will be made using this newer size.
Bonus tip two:
You can also use any image from the movie to create a custom icon for the .mov file.
Position the playhead to the image you wish to capture. Use the right-left arrow keys to step through each frame.
Command-C (copy) and switch to the Finder. Do a "Get Info" on the movie file.
Click (just once) on the small QT icon in the upper left of the Get Info window and Command-V (paste).
Your movie now sports a custom icon! Makes finding a file from a folder of dozens very easy.

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