Blurry Title

Hi Everyone,
I am creating a simple title in LiveType, and have run into a problem. It is a simple white on black title, with the only effect being a fade in. When I make a render preview of the title, it looks good. I then render the real copy, and import it into Final Cut Express. Then it looks blurry. I have tried moving it the the desktop, playing it in the desktop, but it is still blurry. I have also tried making the same title with iMovie, and it still looks blurry. I am not sure what this is and why it is happening.
Thanks.
C h r i s t o p h

Shane's Stock Answer #2: Blurry playback
ONLY JUDGE THE QUALITY OF YOUR MATERIAL ON AN EXTERNAL NTSC MONITOR, OR AT LEAST A TV.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=24787
Video playback requires large amounts of data and many computations. In order to maintain frame rate and be viewable at a normal size, only about one-fourth of the DV data is used in displaying the movie to the screen. However, the DV footage is still at full quality, and is best viewed thru a TV or NTSC monitor routed thru your camera or deck.
The canvas shows you what happens after the codec you are working with has been applied. The viewer shows you the material in its native format. There are a couple things you can do to make it look better:
1. Disable overlays on the canvas
2. Make sure you've rendered everything (no green bars at the top of the timeline
3. Check your RT settings and make sure they are set to Unlimited RT, and that playback video quality is set to HIGH or DYNAMIC.
But still, your computer monitor will not show you a full quality image. For that you need an external monitor and a proper output device, such as those made by Canopus (ADVC 110, 300…only for DV), AJA, Black-Magic or Matrox.

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