Losing quality importing motion into FCPHD

Help!! I created some files in motion to use with a wedding video I am currently editing in FCP. The files look great in Motion, but after importing into FCP the quality is really bad- the images look really fuzzy and I will be using FCP to burn the final project to DVD...
How do I need to import the video/images from Motion into FCP to keep the highest possible image quality + not have it effect the final output quality of the video?? Any and all recommendations would be greatly appreciated. THANKS

Match the format of the Motion project to the format the sequence is set to be, and don't judge the quality of them in your Canvas... need to look at them externally on a video monitor.
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