Trying to grab a screen shot without modifying project

I want to get some still frames from several of my clips for use outside of my movie project. I know if I went into my actual project, I'd get the dire warning that in doing so, I'd be modifying my project and that I'd have to publish it again, which I don't want to do. I don't even want to go into my Project Library if I can help it.
So I went into my Event Library and found a suitable clip. But when I right-clicked, I still got the same "Add Still Frame to Project" directive, and then the appropriate warning about modifying the project.
Why does choosing to grab a still frame in the Event Library disturb the Project? I don't get it. I was hoping that getting the still frame in the Event Library would simply put the still frame right there (in the Event Library) and I wouldn't have to worry about dealing with my project.
SO what I want to do is to simply get a still frame from some of my Event Library clips without disturbing anything else. Can anyone help? Thanks.

You can achieve what you need by creating a new project just to hold the still or stills that you need. You grab it from the Event as before, but add it to the new project.
[More info here|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2255510]

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