Aperture 3 low resolution previews

Hello all,
I've been using Aperture 3 for a few weeks now and loving it. I read in the forums about how previews are set to low resolution and i've been having problems trying to get them back to a high resolution image file. I've imported the photos in iPhoto 09 and exported them to Aperture 3 (which are high resolution image files) to do further enhancement. After working with them, i noticed that the resolution dropped significantly. As a test,I dragged a photo which i've worked on to the desktop and it gave me a very low resolution. I then tried to export the same file using the drop menu to the desktop but still a very low resolution. Is there a way to get them back to a high resolution image file?
The second thing i did was to export the photos to my mac gallery and so i uploaded them with the original files but i still get the photos that i've worked on with a low resolution. The original files are still in high resolution.
Please advice and thanks everyone.
Brian

It might help to clarify your workflow:
I've imported the photos in iPhoto 09 and exported them to Aperture 3
There is no way to "export photos" from iPhoto to Aperture, so how exactly did you get them there? Export/Import? Drag and Drop... from where to where?
After working with them, i noticed that the resolution dropped significantly.
What do you mean by "resolution"? Do you mean the dpi? The file size?
As a test,I dragged a photo which i've worked on to the desktop and it gave me a very low resolution.
This only produces a Preview, but again, what do you mean by "low resolution."
Regards
TD

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