Cs3- Help with Image sequence *ghosting* ?

Hi guys- newbie here that needs a little help. 
Check out the attached screenshot of a paused .mov I put together.  What type of things/settings can cause this?  How do I make an exported image sequence play as a smooth succession of sharp and CLEAR images?
Thanks for your insights/time!
Mike

Here is an illustration of what might be happening. This is shown as it would appear on separate Video Tracks, in A-B Roll editing, as an example.
If the Duration of a set of Clips is shorter than the Duration of a Transition, then PrPro will have to "create" frames to allow for the Handles of the Transition(s).
If your Transitions are a full one sec. and your FPS = 24, the Transitions will take up 12 Frames per Clip. As each Clip has half of two Transitions, the Clip needs to be slightly longer than the 2 halves of the Transitions. Since you cannot edit to less than a single Frame, the Clips need to be at least 24 Frames and I'd look at 25 Frames long, or PrPro will create extra Frames from the first and the last Frames in the Clip - in your case the still frames that are repeated.
Hope that this helps and also cures your problem,
Hunt

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