Bad rendering quality of FC ExpressHD, where is the clue?

Hi,I´m producing little animated comic-movies(I´m Illustrator). I have problems rendering Quicktime-movies(or else) in FC Express HD.
The moving parts of the pictures show ugly horizontal lines. I tried each compression setting, but maybe I should change some program presettings.
Who can help?
Thankful for each help
Kai

Hi Bob,
Sorry to hear of your problems.
I am quite new to FCE HD and have not done any Green Screen but I have done Blue Screen using a large bedsheet costing £3 at the local market!
The results were excellent and took little more than seconds to set up in FCE. (I did use the Green/Blue Screen filter rather than the Chromakey one).
The speed, ease of use and finished product were all superior to previous attempts in Premiere 6.5.
Picture in picture and the workaround for auto scene detection are also a doddle.
For PiP just use the Scale Setting in Motion (having put the small picture in Video Track 2) to set to the required size in the Canvas and drag the resultant small image to the desired position. I have just done a test one and it literally only took a few seconds and played back instantly without rendering.
If you want to do Ken Burns Effects try this simple tutorial from Tom Wolsky's book - "Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop".
http://www.fcpbook.com/Pages/FCEXtra.html
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