FCP 7 - Multiple formats on same Timeline

I am wondering about a new feature on FCP 7 regarding formats. My client has 1440 x 1080 HDV as well as SD (720 x 480 4 x3). My question is this - will the 4 x 3 SD footage automatically resize/reshape for the HDV footage or will the HDV footage reshape/resize for the 4 x 3 SD footage? Is there any other part of the process that I might be missing? Thanks.

If you create a sequence matching your SD footage, FCP can (in User Prefs > Editing) scale the HDV clips to match the sequence. Placing SD clips in an HD sequence does not scale to full screen because the quality suffers by this magnification. You can manually scale SD to HD and copy/paste those attributes to all necessary clips.
You do not mention frame rate. HDV, when recorded to tape, can only be 29.97. SD depending on source could be 23.976 or 29.97 (assuming U.S. NTSC standards). Your sequence needs to match the frame rate of your source footage.

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