CS3 to CS4 project conversion issues

Imported a CS3 project (I had saved in Project Manager) to CS4. After the update prompt, I find the project has many issues. None of my Boris F/X are there, many of the parameters I set in Adobe effects controls are set differently (position, scale, etc.), the timeline shows everything needs rendered (even original video clips) and when I test render a portion of the work area, the quality goes down, the frame size changes and I get exposure changes. Lots to correct and not sure where to start. Did I miss something in the settings??  Pretty new to CS4, Thanks

Unfortunately common wisdom does not apply in this case, as it is a
3-stage project produced from late 2008 to late 2010, plus future
updates. So, common wisdom would be to make helpful replies.
David J. Whiteford
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>>> Harm Millaard <[email protected]> 11/2/2009 11:32 AM >>>
Common wisdom is to finish the project in the version you started
with.

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