Any idea how I can get FCPX to accurately show the scale of a clip when it is dropped into a project that has smaller dimensions?

Question

Hi all,
This is a niche problem but one that I want to figure out.
I shot at 1920 x 1080 and want to edit at 960 x 720.  This will give me a video that is plenty big for web playback, but will allow me to do some "camera moves" (pans, zooms, etc) by selectively reframing the large file inside the smaller project.
The problem is, FCPX resizes the larger footage to fill the smaller project when I drop it in the timeline, then tells me that the footage is scaled to 100% in the info window.  I know the source footage isn't really scaled to 100% (should be more like 50% +/-) even though FCPX tells me it is.
In FCP 7 there were options to keep the larger footage at a true 100% which I could then resize to fit the smaller project.  Is there such a thing in FCPX?
I just want to make sure I never zoom in past the true 100% scale of the source footage or the image will soften.
Thanks,
Matt

Answer 1

Hi There,
1 - You want to spend a little time with the manual ;-)
2 - Select ANY clip in either Timeline or Even Browser, go to inspector and in the "Spatial Conform" tab, choose 'none' from the type field
Hope this helps !