how do I extract still from my videos. The options near the controls includes an option to export frame to pictures, but I click it and nothing happens.

The secret is in the description "Export Frame to Pictures".

After you click this, look in your top-level "Pictures" folder for the file, such as "Frame-14-04-2015-09-26-59.tiff".

You can then "Import" this file back into Photos.

iMac, OS X 10.10.3

**** yeah!! Took me a solid hour to figure out how to avoid switching over to iMovie to do grab a still frame (I'm having photo library sharing issues between Photos and iMovie right no...sigh).

I just couldn't figure out what that Photos command was doing when I selected it - didn't think it would be so simple! Thank you so much for the tip about the location of the frame - I probably should have looked a little harder but thought the command didn't work because it was not automatically imported. This is the next best thing at least 🙂

Thanks for these clues. For others like me, it might be helpful to know that the "export frame to Pictures" literally means export the frame to the Pictures file on your computer. And, that the export command itself is not found in the top pull-down menu, but under the little gear icon in the video player controls ... the same area where you trim a video. This process is awfully goofy, if you ask me!

Where is the Pictures folder? I don't seem to have anything with that label.

Thank you for your help.

The Pictures folder is in the Finder (it's not any type of album or view within the Photos app). Go to your Home folder, and you should see folders called Documents, Music, Movies, Pictures, etc.

Thank you!!

Thanks Katrina,

Your single post is what I had spent nearly an hour trying to figure out. Great job!

Silly Apple... of course it would't go directly into Photos. That would make too much sense. Apple wants to be more like Microsoft with all the little tricks and "if only you had the secret solution" trick... doesn't everyone know the secret 47 key salute combination keystroke? oops