Inserting Stills Into a Video Timeline Quality Issues

Is there a best option of extension or description of stills to use when adding pictures to the timeline?
I am trying to add a jpg file just as a still in the video and it loses a lot of quality when I drop it in. It is fine in the viewer. What am I doing wrong?

Hey V
The source is less than 1/3 the resolution of the eventual target resolution (1920x1080) so you must be doing a more than 300% blowup of that image in order to fit your target. That will account for some of the loss of quality you are seeing. Additionally, as Tom has alluded, the Canvas window in FCP is just a low res proxy view of your edit ... you need to see the rendered footage on a proper video monitor before you can be certain of the final quality.
As for the dropped frames, FCP is trying to convert this low res PDF file into an HD video format in real time ... which is proving too much for your system. You'll need to render that section first for realtime playback.
Hope that helps explain whats going on and why.
Best
Andy

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http://www.cloudninecreative.com/problem1.jpg (actually, this is how it's supposed to look, more or less)
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Hi Nick - thanks for your help!
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Using Quicktime conversion was only my way to try and solve the problem, not where the problem originated...
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