Final Cut Pro to Motion - Back to Final Cut Pro

When I import back to fcp I now have black bars on the side of my import footage.
Am I not using the correct setting in Motion? Please advise or let me know if I need to provide more information. I am very new to this process and any help is appreciated. Thank you.

sounds like your settings in motion are incorrect re frame size.
if I were using motion to do things I would view "fields" and use field rendering of any project then import the rendered quicktime out of motion and drop that in my FCP sequence. If changes are needed i reopen motion fix the offending parts and output again. FCP renders frames and sometimes panning and zooming can stutter when frame rendered.

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