Save / export screen grab with in DVD pro

Hello
I noticed that somewhere within DVD pro you have the option to save/export the a frame from a track as an image file, tiff etc.
And now I can't find it, could somebody point me in the right direction?
thanks

this procedure is used to create pictures for backgrounds in menus from the video track:
- place the playhead on the frame you want in the track editor
- press M on keyboard to set a marker
- selected the marker to see the inspector
if you do not need the marker to be a chapter marker, deselect the chapter checkbox
- click on the Save Still button to save as a tiff

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