Edit Well: Final Cut Studio Techniques from the Pros

Chapter 4. Exporting Still Images from Final Cut Pro

<authorgroup>TOM WOLSKY</authorgroup>

Exporting still frames from FCP has puzzled many people, if for no other reason than there is no Export > Still Image function in Final Cut as you might expect there to be. There are also a number of gotchas to be aware of, not least of which is the difference in pixel aspect ratios between television formats and computer graphics.

First Steps

So how do you export a still frame from Final Cut? Well, the first thing you do not have to do is make a freeze frame. Instead, all you need to do is place the playhead over the frame you want to export, whether in the Viewer, Canvas, or Timeline. This can be a frame of a clip or of a sequence. It can even contain a multiple ...