Drop Zone video is cut off

I started using DVD Studio today with a template that has a drop Zone it appears to be cut off on the bottom third now. When I reposition the drop zone size I notice the cut off area changes in size. After two years of using this program... this is a first.

I HAVE THE ANSWER !!!!!!! Now I'm feeling much better, but $299 lighter and 4 days that I will never get back.....
It turns out that everyone with Final Cut Studio Pro 6 that allowed the latest update of Snow Leopard 10.6.5 to install (just a few weeks ago on Nov 10th) got their program corrupted. People with Final Cut Pro 7 already installed were safe.
Here's the fix ....
1. Make sure you turn off "auto updates". Reinstall Snow Leopard, you don't have to erase just use your disk.
2. Then update manually to 10.6.4 by following these steps and downloading the update here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1048?viewlocale=en_US
3. Now Reinstall Final Cut pro
BUT Here's the rub ....
Do not update the OS X beyond 10.6.4 until you first buy the upgrade to FCP 7
(((big nasty grin)))
Problem solved.
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LM
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