Final Cut Pro - Module IV

IV. Exporting a still image: Page 1 of 2

Video is made up of individually framed shots, so it's relatively easy to take one of those frames and create a still image from it. These images can be used just like any other digital picture. However, residual motion blurring and extra digital noise may be a problem in the resulting picture. For more on cleaning up digital noise, see the Photoshop tutorial.

In this step, users will learn how to choose and export a single still image from video.

1. If not already open, open the Soldiers project. Instructions.
   
2. Double-click on the Cannon clip to open it in the left hand viewer.
   
3. At the bottom of the viewer, a yellow triangle pointing down appears in the slider bar. Drag the yellow triangle slowly toward the right. This advances the video frame by frame. Stop at a still image of the cannon just as it goes off.

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