PAL anamorphic projects seem to be coming out at export at 4:3

I have Final Cut Studio 1 with all the latest updates. I am doing more video projects these days and I've noticed that upon export things seem to be going a bit wrong. Both straight to quicktime and using compressor to export a 16:9 project and out comes a 4:3 the other end. Even in the compressor preview screen. Frame size says 720 x 576 but it's not coming out widescreen. I've done 2 projects previously that worked fine, but the latest one just baffles me.
It's a trailer completely created in Motion 2. In the motion preview screen, everything looks fine. Export it (keeping the project settings) and boom 4:3. Drop it into final cut and the same. In a project with shot video footage previewing fine in 16:9 the motion file comes out as a squashed up 4:3?
Has anyone else had this problem, did a crawl through the forum, and there were a few things similar but no real answers. It's like the Final CUt to motion 3 problem but around the other way....any ideas where I'm going wrong?

pal anamorphic is a setting used when you plan to dispaly your project on a wide screen-capable tv (because it relaly is wide screen or has the ability to change aspect ratios) so it is actually a 4:3 pal format, than when you watch on your tv you squish by telling your tv to change its aspect ratio. It is actually poor man's wide screen, as you are only using 4:3 equipment and it is not as heavy pixel wise as it is not actually filling the full wide screen resolution but cheating. To make real wide screen, that exports as wide screen without the distortion and teh necessity to squish it back down, use a non anamorphic format to begin with, or do what others have said: change the resolution of your exported file by shift dragging the corner of the quick time player window, or putting in the correct resolution in pixels.....

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Loading Dump File [C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini030809-02.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available
Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is:
Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 3) MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Built by: 2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x805634c0
Debug session time: Sun Mar 8 16:05:07.187 2009 (GMT-5)
System Uptime: 0 days 4:22:53.890
Loading Kernel Symbols
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
BugCheck 1000007E, {c0000005, 804e13d5, a9860b8c, a9860888}
Probably caused by : ntkrnlmp.exe ( nt!ExAllocatePoolWithTag+7a9 )
Followup: MachineOwner<snip>
SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M (1000007e)
This is a very common bugcheck. <SNIP>
Arguments:
Arg1: c0000005, The exception code that was not handled
Arg2: 804e13d5, The address that the exception occurred at
Arg3: a9860b8c, Exception Record Address
Arg4: a9860888, Context Record Address
Debugging Details:
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FAULTING_IP:
nt!IopfCallDriver+2d
804e13d5 ff548638        call    dword ptr [esi+eax*4+38h]
EXCEPTION_RECORD: a9860b8c -- (.exr 0xffffffffa9860b8c)
ExceptionAddress: 804e13d5 (nt!IopfCallDriver+0x0000002d)
   ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
   Parameter[0]: 00000000
   Parameter[1]: 00000070
Attempt to read from address 00000070
CONTEXT: a9860888 -- (.cxr 0xffffffffa9860888)
eax=0000000e ebx=00000001 ecx=87546020 edx=853fe1a0 esi=00000000 edi=f772471c
eip=804e13d5 esp=a9860c54 ebp=a9860ca0 iopl=0         nv up ei ng nz ac po nc
cs=0008 ss=0010 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000             efl=00010292
nt!IopfCallDriver+0x2d:
804e13d5 ff548638        call    dword ptr [esi+eax*4+38h] ds:0023:00000070=????????
Resetting default scope
CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 2
PROCESS_NAME: System
ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - The instruction at "0x%08lx" referenced memory at "0x%08lx". The memory could not be "%s".
EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1: 00000000
EXCEPTION_PARAMETER2: 00000070
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nt!ExAllocatePoolWithTag+7a9
805517b9 e9e4feffff      jmp     nt!ExAllocatePoolWithTag+0x7bf (805516a2)
BUGCHECK_STR: 0x7E
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: NULL_CLASS_PTR_DEREFERENCE
LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 804e13d9 to 804e13d5
STACK_TEXT:
a9860c6c 804e13d9 8753d018 853fe1a0 00000000 nt!IopfCallDriver+0x2d
a9860ccc 805517b9 00000000 00000002 00000000 nt!IopfCallDriver+0x31
a9860dac 80575723 a9f4533c 00000000 00000000 nt!ExAllocatePoolWithTag+0x7a9
a9860ddc 804ec6d9 f7720ce2 a9f4533c 00000000 nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x34
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!KiThreadStartup+0x16
SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 2
SYMBOL_NAME: nt!ExAllocatePoolWithTag+7a9
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
MODULE_NAME: nt
IMAGE_NAME: ntkrnlmp.exe
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 48a4044a
STACK_COMMAND: .cxr 0xffffffffa9860888 ; kb
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x7E_nt!ExAllocatePoolWithTag+7a9
BUCKET_ID: 0x7E_nt!ExAllocatePoolWithTag+7a9
Followup: MachineOwner
0: kd> lmvm nt
start    end        module name
804d7000 806ff000   nt       # (pdb symbols)          c:\symbols\ntkrnlmp.pdb\B883868B88CB415A92EC010CF6A115A52\ntkrnlmp.pdb
    Loaded symbol image file: ntkrnlmp.exe
    Mapped memory image file: c:\symbols\ntkrnlmp.exe\48A4044A228000\ntkrnlmp.exe
    Image path: ntkrnlmp.exe
    Image name: ntkrnlmp.exe
    Timestamp:        Thu Aug 14 05:09:14 2008 (48A4044A)
    CheckSum:         0021B760
    ImageSize:        00228000
    File version:     5.1.2600.5657
    Product version: 5.1.2600.5657
    File flags:       0 (Mask 3F)
    File OS:          40004 NT Win32
    File type:        1.0 App
    File date:        00000000.00000000
    Translations:     0401.04b0
    CompanyName:      Microsoft Corporation
    ProductName:      Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    InternalName:     ntkrnlmp.exe
    OriginalFilename: ntkrnlmp.exe
    ProductVersion:   5.1.2600.5657
    FileVersion:      5.1.2600.5657 (xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236)

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If you are trying to convert a Word file, ensure the text is in 100% black only.
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We all hear about the seemingly difficult process of getting an iBooks Author book through Apple's gates. It would be nice to see what is emerging as finally published books. We've seen a few mentioned here but where are the new titles coming out this week? Are free books arriving faster than paid books? I've scanned the new releases listed in iTunes and the iBooks Store but see little that resembles an iBooks Author publication, certainly few showcasing screenshots and enhanced features.
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I'm hoping for some good news from this Forum.

Sputnik Slim wrote:
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It wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that a large proporption of books is of poor quality, with spelling, grammar, editing, typography, and layout problems. Having worked as both an editor and author on and off for many years, I know first-hand that, what some people consider quality writing in fact isn't…
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Just because I have tool doesn't mean that I can produce publishable material. That's where the whole process is flawed, in my opinion. Publishers normally provide services to authors that ensure some level of quality, such as copy editing, proof reading, layout design, and so on. With the iBookstore process, none of these services are provided by Apple, who merely acts in a distributor role. Many authors are not capable of doing all the things that publishers traditionally do, so a big chunk of what makes a book a good book has gone missing. Traditional publishers actually do add value for their share of the revenue.
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These "long" waits people are complaining of should be encouraging that you are submitting your books to an entity that is exercising quality control rather than just publishing them all, like a blog... I wonder what the rejection rate is for IBA? I can't imagine Apple would fill their bookstore with poorly edited books.
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It is striking though that submissions to the Appstore seem to go through so much quicker even though, arguably, applications are harder to test than books. As other people here have reported, they get a book as an app improved within a week, whereas no such thing seems currently possible with an eBook. Either apps are not reviewed as thoroughly as books, or the app review process is much better resourced.
Sputnik Slim wrote:
I wonder what the rejection rate is for IBA? I can't imagine Apple would fill their bookstore with poorly edited books.
No way to know what the rejection rate is, unless Apple decide to publish that (which I doubt the will). Having a bookstore full of junk or poorly written material is certainly not in Apple's interest. On the other hand, neither is having an appstore full of buggy and poorly written applications.
I think an initial wait time of four weeks would be tolerable for new submissions, if only the process were streamlined more. For example, telling people that something is wrong with their book without providing the detail needed for them to fix the problem is truly useless: it wastes the author's time as much as Apple's. And, once minor fixes are made, having the book go back to the end of the queue is simply bad process.
Michi.

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