[Marjorie Alexander]

Here is the original file playing in QT.

Here it is in FCP imorted and viewed with default settings.

Here it is in FCP imorted and viewed as anamorphic.

…all forced to be equal in height so you can compare width. Although I did notice the original QT frame cuts off a bit of the top and bottom when I compared that to the original FCP import. Does that mean the imported version is the real aspect ratio and QT is squeezed? I’m so confused…

[Marjorie Alexander]

The original clip, 720x 480 (486) isnt 4:3…is it? 4:3 would technically be 720 x 540 right?

Either way I did check anamorphic on the clip which then squeezed it too much in the other direction. Is there no way to set the clip and sequence so I see it in exactly 720 x 480?

I also did change the sequence preset within the A/V Settings which didnt seem to make any difference one way or another. I tried multiple anamorphic settings there. None, changed anything.

In my last two years of using FCP I’ve never encountered an aspect ratio issue when importing any files so this is kinda driving me nuts.