Resolution of the isight camera into eye movie

Can I take the video from i movie that was caught from isight and import it into FCP without an aspect ration change?
I don't know much about i movie, but when I save a QT video, the aspect ratio for DV looks good, but when I export or even try to edit a capture from the isight, it is squashed and truncated.
Am I missing something simple here?

Nelson May wrote:
Can I take the video from i movie that was caught from isight and import it into FCP without an aspect ration change?
I don't know much about i movie, but when I save a QT video, the aspect ratio for DV looks good, but when I export or even try to edit a capture from the isight, it is squashed and truncated.
Am I missing something simple here?
I don't use FCP, but, if I understand what you are trying to do, perhaps you are missing
the iMovie > Share > Export Final Cut XML... menu command?
Although identified as an FCE rather than FCP tutorial, this might help, too:
  http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/tutorials/#importing-from-imovie
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