diff --git a/extract_scene.py b/extract_scene.py
index 0a61f4a5..01a2d625 100644
--- a/extract_scene.py
+++ b/extract_scene.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ HELP_MESSAGE = """
    -m use medium quality
    -a run and save every scene in the script, or all args for the given scene
    -q don't print progress
+   -f when writing to a movie file, export the frames in png sequence
+   -t use transperency when exporting images
 """
 SCENE_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE = """
    That scene is not in the script
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ NO_SCENE_MESSAGE = """
 
 def get_configuration(sys_argv):
    try:
-      opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys_argv[1:], 'hlmpwstqao:')
+      opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys_argv[1:], 'hlmpwfstqao:')
    except getopt.GetoptError as err:
       print(str(err))
       sys.exit(2)
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ def get_configuration(sys_argv):
       "write_to_movie"  : False,
       "save_frames"     : False,
       "save_image"      : False,
+      "save_pngs"       : False,
       #If -t is passed in (for transparent), this will be RGBA
       "saved_image_mode": "RGB",
       "quiet"           : False,
@@ -76,6 +79,8 @@ def get_configuration(sys_argv):
          config["frame_duration"] = MEDIUM_QUALITY_FRAME_DURATION
       if opt == '-w':
          config["write_to_movie"] = True
+      if opt == '-f': #pngs
+         config["save_pngs"] = True
       if opt == '-s':
          config["save_image"] = True
       if opt == '-t':
@@ -86,6 +91,7 @@ def get_configuration(sys_argv):
          config["write_all"] = True
       if opt == '-o':
          config["output_name"] = arg
+         
    #By default, write to file
    actions = ["write_to_movie", "preview", "save_image"]
    if not any([config[key] for key in actions]):
@@ -184,6 +190,7 @@ def main():
    scene_names_to_classes = dict(
       inspect.getmembers(module, is_scene)
    )
+
    config["output_directory"] = os.path.join(
       MOVIE_DIR,
       config["file"].replace(".py", "")
@@ -198,9 +205,16 @@ def main():
          "write_to_movie",
          "save_frames",
          "output_directory",
+         "save_pngs"
       ]
    ])
+   
    scene_kwargs["name"] = config["output_name"]
+   if config["save_pngs"]:
+      print "We are going to save a PNG sequence as well..."
+      scene_kwargs["save_pngs"] = True
+      scene_kwargs["pngs_mode"] = config["saved_image_mode"]
+      
    for SceneClass in get_scene_classes(scene_names_to_classes, config):
       try:
          handle_scene(SceneClass(**scene_kwargs), **config)
diff --git a/scene/scene.py b/scene/scene.py
index 85d5737c..7fad5d90 100644
--- a/scene/scene.py
+++ b/scene/scene.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class Scene(object):
         "skip_animations"  : False,
         "write_to_movie"   : False,
         "save_frames"      : False,
+        "save_pngs"        : False,
+        "pngs_mode"        : "RGBA",
         "output_directory" : MOVIE_DIR,
         "name" : None,
         "always_continually_update" : False,
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ class Scene(object):
         self.num_plays = 0
         self.saved_frames = []
         self.shared_locals = {}
+        self.frame_num = 0
         if self.name is None:
             self.name = self.__class__.__name__
         if self.random_seed is not None:
@@ -447,6 +450,9 @@ class Scene(object):
     def add_frames(self, *frames):
         if self.write_to_movie:
             for frame in frames:
+                if self.save_pngs:
+                    self.save_image("frame" + str(self.frame_num), self.pngs_mode, True)
+                    self.frame_num = self.frame_num + 1
                 self.writing_process.stdin.write(frame.tostring())
         if self.save_frames:
             self.saved_frames += list(frames)
@@ -459,14 +465,19 @@ class Scene(object):
 
     def preview(self):
         TkSceneRoot(self)
+    
+    def save_image(self, name = None, mode = "RGB", dont_update = False):
+        folder = "images"
+        if dont_update:
+            folder = str(self)
 
-    def save_image(self, name = None, mode = "RGB"):
-        path = os.path.join(self.output_directory, "images")
+        path = os.path.join(self.output_directory, folder)
         file_name = (name or str(self)) + ".png"
         full_path = os.path.join(path, file_name)
         if not os.path.exists(path):
             os.makedirs(path)
-        self.update_frame()
+        if not dont_update:
+            self.update_frame()
         image = self.get_image()
         image = image.convert(mode)
         image.save(full_path)
@@ -505,7 +516,8 @@ class Scene(object):
             '-loglevel', 'error',
             temp_file_path,
         ]
-        self.writing_process = sp.Popen(command, stdin=sp.PIPE)
+        
+        self.writing_process = sp.Popen(command, stdin=sp.PIPE, shell=True)
 
     def close_movie_pipe(self):
         self.writing_process.stdin.close()