Final Cut Jpg Quality and Export.

Hi there, new to this forum, I have a question in 2 parts.
I am new to final cut Xpress, really loving it, but am having some quality concerns. When I use Jpg images which are very high res, the quality seems to degrade within Final cut, oddly Imovie 09 seems to deal with the images better and therefor the exported quality seems to be better! Also does anyone have tips for the best quality exporting settings or Codec Options to then be burned onto DVD
Cheers
M

#1: Don't use JPEGs. JPEG is a lossy format; it recompressed every time its saved. Use uncompressed TIFF, PSD or PNG images instead whenever possible. Also don't rely on the Canvas window to judge quality; the Canvas only displays a proxy of full quality. Use a properly calibrated external TV monitor. And finally, make sure the image in the Timeline is rendered FULL.
#2: When you're ready to export, go to File->Export->QuickTime Movie (NOT QuickTime Conversion). Use "Current Settings." You can choose to make the movie self-contained or not, but do NOT "Recompress All Frames" and do include chapter markers if needed. Use the resulting file in iDVD for authoring and burning.
-DH

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