[Roni Sokolov] "Should I use compressor to do the job or can I let FCP7 deal with it (resizing to 66.67%)."
FCP can do it fine. Downscaling is easy, and quality is retained.
[Roni Sokolov] "[PS, doing the down-convert to have more freedom in terms of composition; and anyway it goes to youtube...]"
This confuses me...how does it allow more freedom? The dimensions are exactly the same, just smaller. Still 16:9. And if you are talking about having a larger source to work with to reposition the shot, then you don't want to convert it to 720p in Compressor...because then it's 720p and if you blow up to reposition, you are losing quality. Best to keep it 1080 in a 720 sequence.
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