Crop or Resize Video Clip???

Hello everyone,
I'm new to iMovie and have been trying to figure out if it's possible to essentially crop a video clip. By crop I don't mean adjust the length of the clip, but actually crop/resize the video frame.
Here's my problem. I transfered some content from an old VHS tape to my DV camera, then imported it into iMovie. The bottom of the frame has a jittery/blurred edge and the right and left sides show a little black, almost like a border. I'd like to be able to crop and scale the video up so that it completely fills the frame and eliminates these unsightly edge problems.
I hope that makes sense.
Any thoughts???
Thank you!
-Rob

Hi Greg,
I hope, you don't take it as personal offense, that I contract you (do I "allways"..?)...- in case, apologize for that!
But
as ONE example: do you see the zilllions of posting "How do I import from dvd-cam/stillcam..."? Your answer would be"Can't be done!" << which is from the makers of iM indeed intended so! ... but, then your mentioned people tell about crappy Macs... So, I copy-'n-paste from my "notes" my standard answer "get for free Streamclip and..."
This is a board; different people, different opinions... some people posting here spend $$$$($) into hard- and software and don't even use the "help" function before posting here - far away from reading manuals, books, doing tutorials etc.pp.-
I totally agree in one point: I'm no technician, nor expert as Karl, Lennart, Matti, David or Dan, my "position" in this forum is more on the far side, for the workarounds, I do like the arcane, silly methods to make the impossible possible.- I'm a Mac user since '86, I experience the Mac as MY dream machine, allowing me to realize my creativity - on a pro level, it is my typewriter (no big specs neccessary) but I cannot spend much money into my hobbies (video, websites)... so I DO need these dirty tricks...
I post my experiences & methods here - it is up to you to share these methods.
or not.
In this case:
the OP has TWO questions: a problem with pic quality, and you (and I) gave him the hint: No Problem at all!
second, you gave the answer "cropping is impossible" - that is wrong. it is not needed, but it is possible, so, maybe in another project, maybe some other reader of this thread has use for such cropping...- the programmer of this plug-in shows examples on his website...-
if I want to take it easy with them, I would post 234times a day RTFM.........;-)

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