Custom resize in iPhoto

I am trying to export a picture from iPhoto to my desktop changing it to a PNG and size 853x480 for use in Final Cut Express.
The photo is 3888x2592. In the custom resize area of the export I put in the custom dimensions, but the resulting photo on the desktop is 853x569. What am I doing wrong?

Am I right in thinking that after the export to desktop or a folder, you would then have to go back into iPhoto and revert the cropped photo's back to original.
If you do not want it cropped
Also I guess they would have to be cropped and exported one at a time.
Yes
I may have to do this resizing in Photoshop instead. I guess you would just export the photos to a folder on desktop and then import into Adobe do the resize and save back to a folder - all of this done outside of iPhoto.
Yes
LN

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Finding out how to resize in iPhoto is not intuitive.
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Well no it shouldn't be. For a start your terminology is very imprecise. What do you mean by “resize”? Do you mean change the dimensions - length by breadth? The compression? Even the dpi?
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True -- BUT
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