Importing Power Point into FCP

I am trying to import a Power Point presentation into FCP. I have matched the resolution of the Slides to 720 x 480 to match the video. The slides look fine in the Viewer but when rendered, the slides lose clarity and appear fuzzy in the Canvas window. I have tried importing the slide as a movie with the same results.
Any ideas on how to import these slides and be able to maintain clarity throughout this process is appreciated.

Try viewing them on an external NTSC/PAL monitor then decide. If they still look like junk you can always regenerate them in Motion, Photoshop or Illustrator.
I've never gotten a PP presentation to look good in video unless the fonts, backgrounds, etc were all selected with that output path in mind.
good luck.
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