16:9 viewer and canvas

Ok, this is a simple thing, yet it is bothering me. Every time I see a picture of someone using FCE, the viewer and canvas are widescreen. I can't seem to get my canvas and viewer to be widescreen. I can work with widescreen just fine, but I have grey bars above and below the image. My viewer and canvas are in 4:3 ratio. Can anyone explain how to get the viewer and canvas into a 16:9 ratio?
Thanks
Alex

I am assuming that you are working with standard definition DV but have the camera set to the 16:9 setting? If so, you need to change the Easy Setup setting to DV-NTSC Anamorphic. After changing that setting create a new Project, or from the current project, just create a new Sequence (since the existing default first Sequence will still be using the DV-NTSC setting). Once you open the new Sequence, click Window, Arrange and choose one of the existing settings (Standard, Compositing, or Small Windows). The Viewer and Canvas window should automatically switch to the widescreen 16:9 format with no grey bars. The Browser and Timeline windows will also resize to match the changes in the Viewer and Canvas.

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