Exporting anamorphic footage to letterboxed 4x3

so, im having quite a few problems here and have been searching around the discussions for a while and cant seem to find any answer. If this has been answered and im just too tired to find it im sorry. anyway, it goes a little something like this...
so i've shot a bunch of stuff in squeeze mode using a dvx100b. brought that footy into fcp and edited everything in an anamorphic timeline (set up using the easy setup) and everything is looking pretty good. now comes the strange part.
im finished and ready to export (going for 16x9), so i go to file--> export--> quicktime movie. leaving it on current settings, i get a 4x3 version all squished up. so i try again, this time, setting the in and out points so im only exporting 5 seconds of the project (because im not waiting around if its not going to work again).
viola! it works, looks great, anamorphic, 16x9.
now i reset the in and out points, export the entire thing, and low and behold, im back to that squished 4x3.
so i guess, my final goal is to have 16x9 letterboxed in 4x3. i've been exporting first to 16x9, then usng quicktime to letterbox it.
so really i have been going through 2 steps to get this to work and there has to be an easier way. i just get squished or stretched all the time. hope someone has an idea or can point me in the right direction...
all software is updated to the most recent versions...
thanks everybody

so i guess, my final goal is to have 16x9 letterboxed in 4x3. i've been exporting first to 16x9, then usng quicktime to letterbox it.
This is an inefficient way to go about things.
Create a new sequence using the easy preset for 4:3 DV.
Drop your 16:9 anamorphic sequence into it.
Load the sequence into the viewer, then select the MOTION tab.
Set Distort to 1.33 (or something like that)
Export using Current Settings.
You will have a letter boxed version.
Good luck.
x

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