Gimp Newbie Needs Basic Instructions in Formatting Stills for FCP

Sorry if this is redundant or too basic for the forum, but I'm new to Gimp (and honestly, photo editing in general) and need some basics. Tutorials, links, etc appreciated.
My question... In Photoshop, I can select a pixel aspect ratio that gives me the option of DV, widescreen, anamorphic, and others. Is there a similar feature in Gimp? If not, is there a process that you are using to prepare high resolution still photos for importing into FCP?
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

*** is Gimp?
Anyway, I don't prepare hi-res, medium-res or even low-res photos for FCP. I import them and drop 'em on the Timeline (FCP will automatically scale them to Sequence and correct pixel aspect). Once I have them in FCP I can see how they look on an external TV monitor. After viewing them there, if they need any PS adjustments, I right-click on it in the Timeline and choose "Open in Editor" (Photoshop is set as my default still image editor in FCP preferences).
If adjustments are needed, it's typically rotation, contrast*, color balance*, fixing areas of the image that might cause morie patterns on a TV, etc. When I'm done in PS, I save the changes and close the image and jump back over to FCP where the changes were automatically updated to the image on the Timeline.
-DH
* = can also be done right in FCP with the 3-Way Color Corrector

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function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
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function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
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function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
I ran the same test using a png. The rectangle lines are much better as is the text but the text is a little "bolder" than the original and just slightly blurry.
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function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
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function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
Is it possible there's something about my graphics (font chosen, stroke size, ???) that makes it difficult for these transforms?
You're dealing with rasterization and anti-aliasing. Again, it's a compromize required whenever working with raster formats. If you don't anti-alias, you get "less fuzzy" text at small sizes, but you also get more jagged edges in vector objects.
You just have to have realistic expectations when rasterizing small text.
JET

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