Exporting from Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 is stretched too wide

I imported my HD footage from iMovie at 1280x720 and edited, now every time I export it from FCP 5.1.4 comes out with short fat people in the movie. Help? What settings to use to get it out at full quality?
Thanks
Dan

Does it look OK in FCP?
If so follow these instructions for outputting 1280x720 for the web.
Select File>Export>Using QT Conversion.
Click the "Options"  button and when the the Options window opens you will see  "Size", "Settings" and  "Sound" buttons.
Click the Size button and set 1280 x 720
Click  the Settings button and  select:-
Compression Type . . . . H.264
Frame Rate . . . . . . . . . Current
Key Frames . . . . . . . . . Automatic
Compressor Quality . . . High
Encoding . . . . . . . . . . "Faster" encode will give almost the same quality as "Best" but is twice as fast - your decision!
Data Rate . . . . . . . . . . Restrict to 3,000kbps  (Don't use a comma when you enter the number)
Then click the "Audio" button and make sure that AAC has been selected.

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