Exporting advice & image degradation problem-

Hi,
I am making a short trailer on final cut HD express, which comprises video and still images (made to move using motion/keyframes). The images are imported as PSD files from Photoshop (with no layers and no background). When imported the images look fantastic, however when rendered they degrade dramatically and look awful. I have tried importing them in many different formats but all others give the images a background and still degrade on rendering. I have tried de interlacing them, sharpening the edges etc however once rendering happens the images are degraded. I am trying to view the trailer on an external monitor but in order to do so I first need to burn to disc and do not want to loose further quality in the compression process and therefore was wondering if anyone could recommend the best process. I only have QuickTime as an option but am unsure as to the exact details I should be setting it to to get the best quality final DVD?
Thank you
LBTV

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Photo Image Degradation

Thank you for considering my post. I have suffered for years
in making my sites on Frontpage. When it came to working with their
tables and cells I was convinced either they or I was demonically
possesed. I have decided to do my next website in Dreamweaver. I
have MX.
I noticed on my old site (Frontpage), that when I saved and
posted an image to my site, that photo image degraded from its
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'noise.') My photos are shot from an 8.3 Canon 20D and it takes
very impressive, sharp and color rich photos. The photos were
originally resized, cropped and saved in Image Composer (and an old
version at that). So I always blamed the loss of clarity on
Frontpage or Image Composer.
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a photo image, and when I push that button that lets me see the
page in my browser, I still see a degradation of the photo. I must
admit, I am still using Image Composer to crop, resize and save the
original (now modified) image.
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sharpness and color quality? Have you experienced a loss in quality
in posting your photos, and if so, how did you cure it?
I have Fireworks MX, it's just that I don't know if using it
will fix the problem. What should I do? Is some special technique
used in saving photos for a website? Does clarity change if I work
from bitmap images or .jpegs? If so, what format should I use and
work in?
Thanks for your help!

> I have MX.
That's not a great start - is it DMX6.0 or DMX6.1?
> When it came to working with their tables and cells I
was
> convinced either they or I was demonically possesed
Without a basic understanding of how HTML tables work, you
will likey run
afoul of the same demons in DW as you did in FP. Spend some
time running
through the table tutorials at the DW FAQ link in my sig to
prepare your
skills....
> So I always blamed the loss of clarity on Frontpage or
Image
> Composer.
If the image is clear when you put it on the web page, and if
you DO NOT
RESIZE IT ON THE PAGE, then it'll be clear on the web, even
if you make the
page in Notepad. The HTML authoring system makes no
difference at all.
> I ask you the following: What causes my photos to loose
their sharpness
> and
> color quality?
Resizing in the browser.
> Have you experienced a loss in quality in posting your
photos,
> and if so, how did you cure it?
Nope - not if the image is clear when I export it from the
graphics editor.
> Does clarity change if I work from bitmap images or
.jpegs? If
> so, what format should I use and work in?
Photo-quality images should always be exported as JPG, unless
you have a
special reason for using PNGs.
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> Thank you for considering my post. I have suffered for
years in making my
> sites on Frontpage. When it came to working with their
tables and cells I
> was
> convinced either they or I was demonically possesed. I
have decided to do
> my
> next website in Dreamweaver. I have MX.
>
> I noticed on my old site (Frontpage), that when I saved
and posted an
> image to
> my site, that photo image degraded from its original
clarity (in
> photography
> talk, this degradation is called 'noise.') My photos are
shot from an 8.3
> Canon 20D and it takes very impressive, sharp and color
rich photos. The
> photos were originally resized, cropped and saved in
Image Composer (and
> an old
> version at that). So I always blamed the loss of clarity
on Frontpage or
> Image
> Composer.
>
> In Dreamweaver, I find that when I construct a page
which has a photo
> image,
> and when I push that button that lets me see the page in
my browser, I
> still
> see a degradation of the photo. I must admit, I am still
using Image
> Composer
> to crop, resize and save the original (now modified)
image.
>
> I ask you the following: What causes my photos to loose
their sharpness
> and
> color quality? Have you experienced a loss in quality in
posting your
> photos,
> and if so, how did you cure it?
>
> I have Fireworks MX, it's just that I don't know if
using it will fix the
> problem. What should I do? Is some special technique
used in saving
> photos
> for a website? Does clarity change if I work from bitmap
images or
> .jpegs? If
> so, what format should I use and work in?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>

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