Canon XL2 16:9 question?

I've read all the posts regarding this subject and I'm still not sure what I'm doing wrong.
I Shot Canon XL-2 with 16:9.
I captured with NTSC-Anamorphic
FCP easy set-up NTSC-Anamorphic
Looks like true 16:9 image in FCP during editing.
Export to quicktime and it is a vertically stratched image.
I've looked at all the settings and anamorphc is checked for both the clips and the sequence. I'm not sure what else to do to keep the 16:9 ratio?
Thanks for any advice.

Remember... anamorphic is NOT 16:9... it's anamorphic!!!
So your export was correct.
Now, how do you get it to play as 16:9? Well, that depends on how you want to view it.
DVD? Use compressor to compress it to mpeg2 and either use the Widescreen versions of the presets which will flag the clip as such - OR just let DVDSP encode it and make sure that the clip's track is flagged for LETTERBOX or WIDESCREEN. Easy enough to do as there's an option for it in the lower right window of DVDSP when you click on that track's name.
WEB MOVIE? -- you need to go into the options button of the export dialog box. There you'll need to change the parameters under the SIZE button... 480x270... 320x180 etc.
Good luck,
CaptM

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