Help with logo importing?

hi,
trying to put my company's logo into motion. i have photoshop and i imported it into motion with no problems. everything is perfect about it except that the logo doesn't look good on the video.
the edges are crisp or clear on the logo while in motion.
i know it's a crisp good quality image when i import it. but for some reason when i import it into motion it doesn't look as good anymore. what can i do? please help me!!??

There could be some explanations for that. But first check the aspect ratio pixel settings in photoshop and compare that with your motion project settings. Then also check the output of your file on a TV screen, don't trust fully your computer screen. Also check your anti-aliasing setting. Depending on the final output (where it's going to reside, web site on DVD, ...etc) you may need to compress it and that will give you also a different result. If you are watching the result in your QT player, set the quality to high in the QT player settings before you review it. You may also want to choose to re-draw the logo in motion, that's another alternative, if nothing works for you.
See how you go. Good luck.

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