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Move the playhead to the frame you want to export.
Choose File > Export.
Choose "Movie to Picture" from the Export pop-up menu.
Click Options and choose a format from the "Compression type" pop-up menu
 
Not at my Mac at the moment, but there's an "Insert freeze frame" or similar in one of the iMovie menus. It's also in the iMovie Help files.
 
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