Adding jpegs to final cut express

     Hi,
     I'm not sure what easy setup I should use for my jpegs. The jpeg frame size is 3456 x 2592. My video easy setup is 1440 x 1080 HD/Apple Intermediate Codec/ 29.97 fps. The jpegs are not filling up the canvas. Thank you very much!

If you have a lot of identical sized pictures and you don't mind losing a bit from the top and bottom you can speed up the process like this:-
1. Drag all the jpegs to the timeline.
2. Select the first and adjust it in the Motion tab.
3. Click cmd v to copy it.
4. Deselect it and select all the others.
5. Press Option v to open the Paste Attributes window.
6. Select Basic Motion and press OK.
All the images will now be the same size and shape.

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