Still frames from movies

I have CS4 master I need to take one frame from my movie to make menus and DVD covers can someone tell how to do this step by step. operating system is vista

Welcome to the forum.
Which version of CS4 do you have? The reason that I ask is that the Export Frame procedure was changed a bit in early CS4, and then back to similar to earlier versions, for CS4.2.
You can use AME to Export the still, and I would choose TIFF for this. IIRC, CS4.2 moved that function back to the File>Export menu, where it used to reside Check the PAR, if you have a DVD Project too, to make sure that you have your Standard 4:3 PAR, or the Widescreen 16:9 PAR. In PS, just Open the TIFF (check the PAR there in Image>Pixel Aspect Ratio), and when done, Save_As a PSD. Depending on what you are doing with the Menu construction, you can Import that PSD as a Menu in Encore.
Good luck,
Hunt

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Are you working in iMovie and realize that certain frames in the movie would be perfect as photographs? Here is how to extract them...
*To get a still frame from an Event*, right-click on the frame and select "Add Still Frame to Project". The still will be added to the end of the current project. Right click on the still frame in the project and select "Reveal in Finder". You will see a jpeg file that is highlighted. Drag this jpeg file in the finder to the iPhoto icon on your dock.
*If you want a still from a project*, rather than an event, the process is similar, except you right-click on the frame and select "Add Freeze Frame", and it adds the freeze frame at the end of the clip rather than at the end of the project. Right-click/reveal in Finder, drag JPEG to iPhoto icon in dock.
*If you are not using iPhoto*, and just want to save to your desktop, click Reveal in Finder as above, then COPY, then PASTE to desktop.
Hint: If you do not want to clutter up your iMovie Project with stills at the end that you would have to go back and delete, then create a separate iMovie Project just for your stills, and follow the instructions for capturing stills from an Event.
Note: If you do not have a right mouse button, then control-click will work instead of right-click.
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First, click iMovie/About and see which version you have.
Versoon 9.0.2 would be iMovie 11.
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