16:9 footage in a 4:3 sequence

i have some 16:9 footage that needs to go into a 4:3 sequence because all the other footage is shot 4:3. the only way i can see to have the 16:9 stuff looks like 4:3 is to bring it into the timeline then disort it -33% then enlarge to about 134%. is there another way? the final output will be quicktime and dvd.

Sorry... I misunderstood your question, that is exactly what should have happened. The only way to make 16:9 into a "full frame" 4:3 aspect is to "zoom in" to fill the frame as I think is what you have already done. I would use Motion to scale the clip frame size until it looks like you want. Double click the 16:9 clip in the timeline or drag the clip from the Browser into the Viewer. Click the Motion tab in the Viewer window and scale the clip % until it fills the frame.

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