My 720p project is compressing to 702p

Hi, I have a 720p project in FCP X and every pixel matters as it's a screen capture so it needs to be totally visible edge to edge on the export.
When I export to compressor from FCP X I do so with a 720p preset but when it's done the dimensions appear 1248x702 instead of 1280x720 thus it is cutting bits of the image off around all four sides. How can I fix this??!!
Many thanks

I've long had an incomplete understanding this, but I'll give it a shot.
The file you produced is really 1280X720. But Quick Time crops it in its display…apparently to avoid showing any edge artifacts.
If you open it in QTX, and hit Command-i it will report 1248X702 (Actual).
And if you open in QT7, depending on what settings you elect, you may also get 1248X702…or 1280X720. The settings, BTW are in Window>Movie Properties.
Here is a document that explains the QT display settings and differences.
Although QTX defaults to the crop display, QT7 will display what you're looking for if Aperture Conform is set to Production.
As a practical matter – uploading to YT or Vimeo – I don't think it makes any difference. I've never noticed any cropping after uploading,
Hope this is helpful.
Russ

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