Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1612)

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Exporting Still Images
and Image Sequences
At many points during your project, you may need to
export still images of your video for graphics, posters, the
press, email, or the web.
This chapter covers the following:
 Determining the Image Format for Still Image Export (p. 261)
 Exporting a Single Still Image (p. 262)
 Exporting Image Sequences (p. 264)
Determining the Image Format for Still Image Export
Final Cut Pro uses the built-in QuickTime technology in Mac OS X to export still images.
Because QuickTime supports a wide variety of graphic (still image) formats, nearly any
graphic format you need to export is supported.
If you’re exporting images for a website, JPEG is a good option because it compresses
images to a small size but maintains fairly high quality. If you want to export images
without compression, you can export TIFF or Photoshop files.
Note: If you need to export a sequence as a numbered image sequence (a collection of
still images), you’ll go through a slightly different process than simply exporting a
single still image.