Final Cut express rendering problem

Hello,
I'm creating a QuickTime file on Final Cut to be used as a background in iDVD. I'm importing graphics/text from Adobe Photoshop and when I look at it unrendered, it looks perfect.
However, as soon as I render it (and the subsequent output), there seems to be horrible aliasing.
I've tried to adjust the Render Control Tab, but I don't even know if my version has one (Final Cut Express 1.0, talk about old school!)
Please help!

This problem is from another and I will learn more tonight. Thanks for asking.

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HI Coyote,
This could prove to be a problem. You definitely need 65MB of VRAM to run FCP. And FCP is a fairly sophisticated video editing program and takes time to learn. Unless the iBook has DVD burn capability, which I doubt, even with an older version of iLife, you wouldn't be able to burn to DVD's. But you could use iMovie, which is part of iLife to view video that's been uploaded to the iBook. Another potential problem is, I think this particular iBookG4's factory drive is 60GB. Video editing requires huge amounts of drive space to run without crashing. iLife 05 requires 4.3GB of drive space. iLife 05 requires 256MB of RAM, but runs much more efficiently with 512MB.
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