Images become pixelated after Rendering

Hi,
I have a rather old version of Premiere Pro. (V 7.0) and I'm trying to put stills in my video but when I do and then render the video, all my images become pixelated. The images started out crisp and clear before rendering. I have been resizing/ repositioning the images but I tried without resizing and the images still become blurred and pixelated. I've tried exporting to see if it was just the viewer but video comes out pixelated as well. I've tried several things:
Images are PNGs. I've tried .Tiff and .Jpg and neither made a difference.
Images that are not resized pixelate as well.
Quality is set to Highest.
Zoom Level is 100%
Tried setting Pixel Aspect Ratio to Square pixels.
Below is an example of my problem. The images have yet to be resized and are still becoming pixelated.

I'm having same issue. Premiere Pro has THE WORST customer support. I waited on hold for over 1 hour and 18 minutes, and when I got connected 10 minutes 'til 9, they said I had called in too late, and that is why my call was transferred to a sales person. I'm looking to ditch my PP CC and find something with better customer support...let me know if you find something as well.

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