Exporting in vertical 1280x720

Hi, I have some HD video in 1440x1080 and I need to get it exported in vertical 1280x720. The camera was on it's side (on purpose)! But this was the upload instructions from the site it's going too.
What's the best way to go about this?
Many thanks

There is a way to work with nonstandard frame sizes in FCP X, as is detailed here:
http://library.creativecow.net/articles/payton_t/FCPX_Custom-Resolution-Timeline s/video-tutorial
You basically have to generate a clip (really, it can be anything) with the desired size, then import it into FCP X.
You open such a clip in its own timeline (control-click, "Open in Timeline") and edit your content into it.
Don't create a project, just edit inside the clip's timeline and export from there. Projects can't have arbitrary sizes, but clips can.

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