JPEG images in FCP look pixilated

Hi everyone. I'm doing a picture montage in FCP and plan to do the Ken Burns thing by keyframing each photo myself. So I brought a bunch of JPEGs into my Browser, and when they're in the Viewer window, they look fantastic. But as soon as I drop them in the timeline, they look pixilated and not sharp in the Canvas window, even before I do any pans or zooms. Then when I do apply motion (esp zoom ins), they look much worse -- all the while looking crisp and clear in the Viewer. What's the deal??
Here's some more info to help solve the mystery:
1) I got the JPEGs into FCP simply by dragging them into the Browser straight from iPhoto. I didn't import them -- just straight drag and drop.
2) I tried to render them, but they still look the same.
3) Once I apply the keyframes, the clip in the Viewer window also moves. This is unusual to me, as I am an Avid user also and source material is not affected when you keyframe clips in the timeline. In any event, the moves in the Viewer window look awesome, and THAT's how I want the timeline to look. But alas, it doesn't.
Thanks for any help! I appreciate it.

Shane's Stock Answer #2: Blurry playback
ONLY JUDGE THE QUALITY OF YOUR MATERIAL ON AN EXTERNAL NTSC MONITOR, OR AT LEAST A TV.
1. Disable overlays on the canvas
2. Make sure you've rendered everything (no green bars at the top of the timeline
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=24787
Video playback requires large amounts of data and many computations. In order to maintain frame rate and be viewable at a normal size, only about one-fourth of the DV data is used in displaying the movie to the screen. However, the DV footage is still at full quality, and is best viewed thru a TV or NTSC monitor routed thru your camera or deck.
Shane

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import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.color.ICC_ColorSpace;
import java.awt.color.ICC_Profile;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.image.ColorConvertOp;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.io.File;
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                                               img.getHeight(),
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        endStamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
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        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setVisible(true);
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    private static void intToBigEndian(int value, byte[] array, int index) {
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            array[index+1] = (byte) (value >> 16);
            array[index+2] = (byte) (value >> 8);
            array[index+3] = (byte) (value);
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