QuickTime Player output

Hi, I'm a total beginner with FCE. While I'm waiting to save up for a good camera I just want to use the MBP iSight to experiment and practice, so I set up the QT player to record at "device native" quality.
This means that the output mov files have the following setting:
Format - Apple Photo - Jpeg 1280x1024
The problem is I can't find a suitable Easy Setup in FCE. Any advice?
thanks

Convert the video after you take it using [MPEG Streamclip|http://www.squared5.com> to a frame size that FCE can use such as 1280x720, then use an +Apple Intermediate Codec 720p30+ sequence.
You will also need to convert it to a format FCE can use such as Apple Intermediate Codec. You can also do this using Streamclip in the same +Export to Quicktime+ window.
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