Viewer vs Canvas video looks different

When I put a QT file (widescreen) in the Viewer, it looks correct, aspect and all, but when I put it in timeline/Canvas it looks cropped and aspect ratio is different. Any ideas?
Thanks Schooner

With FCE you cannot choose other than 720x480 in NTSC timeline. So if your movie is 640x272 square pixels you must fix its properties in the NTSC timeline.
You may try the following values, depending whether your sequence is anamorphic or not (see the Anamorphic field associated with your sequence).
When the clip is in the timeline, open it in the viewer and apply the following values in its Motion tab:
- if NTSC 4:3 (not anamorphic): Basic Motion > Scale = 112,5 and Distort > Aspect Ratio = -12,5 (note: minus 12,5)
- if NTSC 16:9 (anamorphic): Basic Motion > Scale = 133,33 and Distort > Aspect Ratio = 18,52
Your clip should no longer be distorted and its borders should touch the NTSC frame borders.
In both cases your movie might become slightly blurred due to the Scale > 100. You can keep Scale = 100, if you don't care about a black frame around it.
Piero
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