Still Frame or Movie of Apple Themes

I would like to use a frame from an Apple theme. In particular the Theater Theme. I want to get a frame of the theater with the curtain closed then one with it open and I want to edit that in Motion. I've tried opening the actual file in the Transitions folder of the Application Support Folder for DVD Studio Pro. However, when trying to open it in Photoshop I got an error--wrong file type. What's the easiest way to do this. Oh and as my subject says a movie of the animation of the curtains opening would also be nice if this is at all possible. I want to use the curtain opening/closing as a custom transition made with alpha channels in Motion.

On my system, the animation is a standard quicktime file:
Applications\DVD Studio Pro\Contents\Resources\Templates\Theater Interior NTSC.dsptemplate\Contents\Resources\TheaterNTSC_Peoplepj.mov
open this file in Quicktime Pro, and export a .tiff
Sit on the frame you want, then:-
select File => Export =>
Export: 'Movie to Picture' Options... 'TIFF'
Use: uncompressed
You now have the still(s) you want.
Next export a copy of the whole movie:-
select File => Export =>
Export: 'Movie to Quicktime Movie'
Options... select the codec or settings you want
[Check you are not in breach of the licence copyright by re-editing themes.]

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Versoon 9.0.2 would be iMovie 11.
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