Canvas, canvas color

How do you change the canvas/background color behind an image in Final Cut Pro X?

Thanks.
I cant do that becuase fit to window, for some reason, doesnt give me RT playback. I am working on an animated movie and am dealing with HD720 qt .movs with None compression, so theres little room for wiggling as far as adjusting video output settings.
oh well, thanks for your reply!
Matt

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if you fancy a more useful layout (IMO).
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The canvas background color disappeared when using updateDisplayList

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selection method in the prefs panel. In that way the selection tool
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Hi Argol,
I comletely agree with "all of" your features requests for cs6.
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Matt

Thanks.
I cant do that becuase fit to window, for some reason, doesnt give me RT playback. I am working on an animated movie and am dealing with HD720 qt .movs with None compression, so theres little room for wiggling as far as adjusting video output settings.
oh well, thanks for your reply!
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