Still photo in FCP exported to Photoshop, not matching aspect ratio

Hi,
I made a still photo in FCP. Sent to Photoshop. Imported back in FCP. Image is squished. I am using DV NTSC 720x480.
In Photoshop I also set Image Size to 720x480. For some reason I cant get it to match in FCP. Any idea how I an fix this?
Thanks.

I should add that the image has transparency.

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