Cross Dissolved Motioned Slideshow Image "Jumpy"

I am working on a slideshow, and as I've done in the past, followed Tom Wolsky's Motion Control suggestions. ( http://www.fcpbook.com/MotionControl_inFCE.html ) The motion on the pictures looks great - except during the cross dissolve transitions. The image becomes "jumpy," kinda like when you import VHS video. The filters I've tried are: De-interlace, Flicker Filter and Stop Motion Blur, and they didn't help.
The photos are scanned jpg images at 400dpi. If I remove the motion, the pictures look fine with the cross dissolve transition.
I have exported the video and using iDVD made a movie, hoping it just looked that way on my monitor. Still jumpy on my sweet standard definition TV.
Render Control framerate and resolution are at full 100%. And this is just a standard definition sequence.
I need this for a wedding for a friend for next Saturday, so I'm sweating here a little. Slideshows like this have always worked for me in the past. Am I missing something?
Dave

David - They are all checked, and then running the render again doesn't render anything new.
Searching around Google, I found this "solution" which appears to work. It's tedious, and I'm having trouble believing that everyone else can add motion and transitions, and it works fine. Or do other people really have to do this when keyframing:
(excerpt from http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/967086#967094)
+If you re-position graphics or any video image in FCP, make SURE the VERTICAL setting for each KEY-FRAME (start, stop or hold) is always a EVEN INTEGER (Even Whole Number). Examples: 4, not 3 / -144, not -143.27 / 336, not 335.62 / 12 not 11.+
+The positioning settings/info (as well as many other settings) are found under the "Motion" tab in the Viewer.+
+Vertical position is the number in the RIGHT window in the area called "Center" (the horizontal position is displayed in the LEFT window).+

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