Blurred output

Greetings. Working on a multi-camera project. Mostly filmed in HD, but not one standard, I have files that are 1080i and 1080p. I also have some that came from an SD camera.
I am trying to render to HD and am getting blurry results. The originals look great, but not the rendered output. Tried numerous kinds of output, but what I would like to use is h.264.
Some info:
Premiere CS5.5 updated.
W7 64 bit
I think I've found the problem, but am not sure. If you look at my Source: it says Sequence 1 720X480. I'm not sure why this is there as most of the files are 1920X1080. I think things are being interpreted twice. And that's why my output is blurry. Once to intrpret the files from 1920X1080 to 720X480 - then back again to full HD output. Does this make sense? If anybody has advice or can help, this would be MOST appreciated. Let me know if you need any other information.

Mike,
Can you explain?
a way to lock a clip in time.
There might be methods to accomplish what you want already, though if not, then John T's link to the Feature Request (which it appears that you have used), might help get what you want in later releases.
Good luck, and please let us know how Instant HD works (or does not) for you. As I mentioned, it has helped many, but certainly not all users. Depends on what one needs and what they are starting with.
Hunt

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build link flags: -pthread
build system: CMake
Blender command: blender -b '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/openshot/blender/blend/blur.blend' -P '/home/user/.openshot/blender/fdd1c574-44dd-11e1-bf0d-54e6fc88c972/blur.py'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/user/.openshot/blender/fdd1c574-44dd-11e1-bf0d-54e6fc88c972/blur.py", line 150, in <module>
bpy.context.scene.render.file_format = params["file_format"]
AttributeError: 'RenderSettings' object has no attribute 'file_format'
No frame was found in the output from Blender
Blender render thread finished
Last edited by whoops (2012-01-22 09:47:37)

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take care and many thanks,
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