LIVE TYPE to I-Movie without letterboxing

I love the Live type software. However, sometimes when transfering the finished gfx (quicktime) looking file letter boxing appears... other times it doesn't. I am confused on when sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. I actually don't want it on there because the I-movie pieces I make go to our website and the viewing screen is already small enough.
Please help- I'm not too IT or computer literate:((((
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Judi Lykowski

Yay! After an hour and a half with Apple tech support I now know what to do... so I thought I'd right this out for anyone else who struggles with the issue.
1. Go into the Livetype you made your GFX on or create a new one...
2. Click on Edit
3. Go down to properties
4. In the width box type in 640
5. In the Height box type in 480
and that will solve the problem!
Tech support said at first the software isn't supported for I-movie, but if you follow these steps it will work fine!
Enjoy!

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