COMPRESSION OF HD 1920 X 1080 TO WEB FRIENDLY SIZE

Another simple question but i can't keep trial and error on which compression setting to choose.
Here the question: I have 3 minute 1920 x 1080 HD Video, i want to make web friendly/e-mail-able. The last compression setting i used was H264 which cropped the image and destroyed the aspect ration.
Which one should i use??

Patrick,
We're offPatrick,
We're off to a good start...i tried that in the sequence setting.....405 x 720...however the result i got was just a cropped picture....i just tried yet another quicktime conversion filter H261....the whole picture now appears it is just squished into the 4 X 3..
I have a hunch one of these quicktime conversion settings can do the trick...if you don't know do you have any resources were i might find out...
thank,
jules to a good start...i tried that in the sequence setting.....405 x 720...however the result i got was just a cropped picture....i just tried yet another quicktime conversion filter H261....the whole picture now appears it is just squished into the 4 X 3..
I have a hunch one of these quicktime conversion settings can do the trick...if you don't know do you have any resources were i might find out...
thank,
jules

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I like shooting 60p but there are disadvantages. Let's take my camera for example. I shoot with the Panasonic DMC-GH3.
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