The following window will appear:Ĭhoose your preferred Format (JPEG, TIFF or PNG) and other options if desired, then Save. Now, from the menu, select File>Export Frame. From the pop-up menu select Reveal in Finder. In the Project or Event, right-click (or control-click) on the clip from which you wish to extract the still. The best solution is to use MPEG Streamclip - available from the developer (Squared 5) here: Certainly, you can create freeze frames in the project and add stills from the Events - but these are only available within the project. Unlike all earlier versions of iMovie, the latest version (IMovie '11 - 9.0.2) does not provide for the creation of stills from video for use outside the program. and movies but how hard can it be to simply put a take snapshot button in a program so a person can save a frame for a pic in one easy step as i'm sure it is done alot.Just a thought for the next program.ĪppleMan1958's Tip, as referred to by Matt, works fine for iMovie '09, but if you have iMovie '11 you will need to use a different procedure. I right click on my frame i want and click on "add freeze frame" than i right click on new frame but "reveal in finder" does not appear so i can click on it can anyone help me.I'm new to apple got sick and tired of windows,i thought apple had better programs to work with pics. I should have said Control-click instead. There is one error in the Tutorial, where it says that Command-click is the same as right-click.
I have created a short video Tutorial on how to do this. You can then drag this photo into iPhoto.
In MPEG Streamclip, click FILE/EXPORT FRAME.Ĭhoose JPEG, TIFF, or PNG and give it a name. In MPEG Streamclip, move the playhead to the frame you want.
The instructions will be different.)įirst, get an app called MPEG Streamclip, which is free. (If you have a different version, let me know.
Let's assume you have iMovie 11 (Version 9). How can I make a still photo from imovie?