Converting an SD LiveType project to HD?

Dear LiveType Gurus,
Ok, I spent forever crafting a LiveType 15-second intro to a client's video editing project in SD. When they brought their footage in to edit, it was in an HD format with 16:9 aspect ratio instead. Is there a way to convert the project and resize/center all of the LiveType objects for the new HD/Aspect ratio? Or do I have to rebuild the entire project from scratch?
Thanks for any help.
Grumpy in San Jose
Message was edited by: SymphonySV

There's no way to do this automatically in LiveType. If you change the project settings (which you've probably tried) to HD 16x9 you won't get the results you want.
I've always just changed the settings and then reformatted the layout and sizes by hand. Not so much fun.
Bony

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