Problem with the sketch effect in Final Cut

When I use the sketch effect from the effect brower on a wide angled video frame, the sketch effect doesn't apply to the whole frame, just a square. This happens on a few other effects. Does anyone know the setting to change to fix this? Any help appreciated. thanks!

Yes. The effect cover all my square shaped clips. For my wide angled clips (clips with a border above and below), the effected area is just a square in the middle, leaving a vertical strip on the left and right that is not effected. .....Sorry if my terms are not correct.

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Got this from a friend of mine, and wondered if y'all could provide any insights.
Thanks in advance.
Hal
Begin forwarded message:
" ...the water walkers are
discussing the "Steve Givith - Steve Taketh" concerning the new powerbooks.
Along with the hardware downsides: no Firewire 800; only one USB port; the Superdrive has reduced features from the existing one in the IBM processor version; and no internal modem.
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to run to the G3 or G4 or ALTIVEC engine, that program will no longer
operate in the new Mac Book. (This true?)
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The current version of Final Cut Studio is not supported on Intel-based
Mac computers with Rosetta. A Universal version of Final Cut Studio,
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will be available before the end of March 2006. (Will that be backward compatible with the pre Intel Macs?)
Final Cut Express is Not supported on Intel-based Mac computers with
Rosetta.
==> notice that the "universal version" sentence is not found on the
Apple website under Final Cut Express.
Any clues or contacts who can sort this out?"

From the keynote:
Universal Binary versions of the Pro software (Final Cut Pro, etc) will be available by the end of March 2006. It will cost $49 for current owners of the most-recent version of Final Cut Studio to get this Universal version.
Look at this page as well:
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/topquestions.html
"Does Final Cut Studio run on the new Intel-based Mac computers?
The current version of Final Cut Studio is not supported on Intel-based Mac computers with Rosetta. A Universal version of Final Cut Studio, which will run natively on both PowerPC- and Intel-based Mac computers, will be available before the end of March 2006.
If I buy Final Cut Studio today, can I get the Universal version when it’s available?
Yes. All owners of Final Cut Studio can purchase the Universal version for $49."
Re: Final Cut Express... this page confirms what you said about it not being supported on the Intel Macs using Rosetta:
http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/specs.html

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