Can you change aspect ratio to any clip??

Hi im an avid user so still trying to get my head around final cut (recently brought a macbook pro) Im wondering whether its possible to change the aspect ratio on one clip within a sequence say 16:9 to 4:3 or vice versa...Its a very easy process within avid but im sure it is in FCP too....
how do yah do it....cheers in advance

Hi
welcome to the forums.
A tutorial would be useful here:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/fakingit.html
G.

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