FCP Freeze Frame for Menu Background

Forum,
I'm trying to use a freeze frame from FCP inside of DVDSP, but the image looks warped. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
Workflow:
Freeze Frame in FCP>Export Quicktime Movie>24p Pulldown Removal/Encoding for SD DVD (Best Quality) in Compressor>Import Asset into DVDSP>Warped image.
The Freeze Frame looks fine in FCP, but not in DVDSP.
Any clues?
Thanks,
Trey

Hey, I got it working. All I had to do was drag from my asset window to my canvas or whatever DVDSP calls it.
Don't ask me how I was putting on the canvas the first time - very new to DVDSP. Anyways, it's working now for some reason.
Oh, yeah thanks again for the Japan Loop. I haven't tried to use it yet but I'm going to try later tonight hopefully.
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