Cropping Single HDV Clips in Final Cut Express

Hi,
I am using Final Cut Express to edit short HDV clips (max 6 sec) of microscopic biological specimens for web viewing. For my purposes I use HDV for a higher resolution but I would still like to change the frame size (width and height) of my clips in the Canvas before exporting. In order to remove unnecessary background to reduce file size and retain a high quality clip. In older versions of FC (Pro 2 or 3) you could go to Sequence Settings and change the frame size by changing the apect ratio to custom but FCE doesn't have this option. I need to know if it is possible to do this in FCE before exporting so I can adjust my frame size multiple times if necessary.
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FCE is not a resolution independent application. It is resolution specific HDV or DV. You can also crop for final output on export with an application that has a cropping function.

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