How to letterbox 640x480 video in imovie 09

this sounds simple, doesnt it?
The problem is that i am importing video from my 3gs into imovie09... i have told imovie to letterbox it which it does as i drag the movies into the timeline, but then when i render it i want to apply the sharpening filter so i have to chose the resolution to export using quicktime...
there i am presented with 640x480, 768x576, 1280x720 and higher... the latter two are the only "widescreen" formats.
yes, i am losing some video by forcing letterbox but if i chose the upscale the video using the 720 and 1080 formats i am stretching the video so much it looks terrible.
so how can i without re-encoding the video in imovie HD force this letterbox format on the video without upping the PIXEL count and making the video look horrible?

tapas_mishra wrote:
Is there a way to by pass thumbnail generation when I import a Quicktime movie in imovie 09.
no, you cant't.
the socalled 'thumbnails' are the previews you see while editing/skimming, so, essential for iM09.
sorry to say: your G5 is too old/slow for this app/projects this size .-..

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