Bug in FCP 5's dip to color dissolve with text?

Dear all, I'd likle to know if this is a genuine bug or some problem with our setting/system that we haven't yet figured out.
The problem appears when a dip to color dissolve is applied a text clip.
The symptom is what looks like compression artifacts appearing around the text as it dissolves. It is noticeable with normal text but looks really bad with drop shadow applied. It renders this transition unusable and it's a problem as it's part of our show's regular style. It can be worked around but this is not good enough for a pro broadcast application...
We are running FCP 5.0.1 on a dual 2.7ghz G5 with OS X 10.3.9 and working in DV PAL.
Any help appreciated

Welcome to the discussions, Robert. Do you have your rendering set to Fast (linear)? There was/is a bug that causes problems if it is set to medium or high.
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