Final Cut export quality

I exported a video segment with animated text out of motion and the quality was almost perfect. When I brought that motion project into final cut and export from there, the quality of text looks terrible-jagged and blurry. The export settings of my sequence in final cut were:
Keep current settings
Make self-contained movie
There is no compression in the sequence settings within final cut.
Does anyone know how to get a better quality export out of final cut?

Make sure your Motion project was the same setting as your sequence in FCP.. all DV or HDV or whatever...
Might post what format you're working in...
Jerry
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