Importing stills at 960x540

I am cutting a bunch of stills together to simulate movement. I have to import stills into FCP at a scanned size of 960x540. Firstly can FCP accept this size or will I have to resize in Photoshop to a different size to import? Secondly If I resize these scans will they be an anamorphic image if so should I set up an anamorphic sequence?

OK. I gotcha now. Well this depends on what you will be viewing your finished product. If you will be using wide screen TV's (16:9) for example go ahead and make the sequence anamorphic. Now if you're not sure or you know that you'll be seeing it on a 4:3 screen then just letterbox it. Hope that helps!

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