Image "shimmers" in menu page

hey all,
we authored a dvd with dvdsp5, and the dvd came out fine except that the picture ( a normal jpeg) "shimmers" in the menu page. also, our freeze frame shots in the film project ( edited on fcehd 3.0)itself also "shimmer."
we used qt coversion to make the mpeg files and the jepg image.( using compressor was a disaster)
converted it in 2pass vbr.
anybody got some ideas on how to improve these things for the next round of the project?
BBP

It will need to be flattened, unless you are either creating a layer based menu (I wouldn't if I were you, unless you really need to), or intend using the different layers to composite the background as you develop the disc.
If you are going to flatten it anyway, then do it within Photoshop and export to .pict or .tiff - DVDSP will take what you give it and make a 'best guess' on it as it flattens and converts it to MPEG2. Personally, I'd rather be in control of most of that process

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