Interlacing issues + "column" issues

I'm working in a DV/NTSC Anamorphic timeline. I've imported all my footage using the DV/NTSC Anamorphic setting in Capture settings. I am importing footage from DVCAM tapes.
Problems is my footage looks very interlacy/like an old school nintendo game. There are columns of sorts in the image.
I'm confused. Playback of the footage looks amazing via my deck. But once, I import is it looks like trash.
What settings do I need to change?

Hi,
Interlacing is normal on a computer screen, just make sure you are not viewing the clips at more than %100 in your viewer or canvas. Also when you say "columns" do you mean vertical? that would be strange, horizontal lines are what you should be seeing.
I would create another sequence and drop one of your clips into it and if you get the message "would you like to match the sequence to the clip settings" select "yes", see what it looks like.
DM

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Message was edited by: Nicholas Natteau1

Hi David,
Thank you very much for your help. Yes, I did render the timeline. Nothing in the sequence was left unrendered. Is the problem that my resolution is too high? Should I diminish the size of the still by 50%?
Picture 1 was scanned using "descreen" filter and picture 2 using Auto Tone only. I used a Canoscan Cannon 8800F scanner. That's as much as I know. I wonder if I did something wrong scanning the image or is there something I should have done in Photoshop prior to bring the still into FCP?
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