Multi-layered graphic

I'm having a problem using imported multi-layered photoshop graphics (720 x 480 72 dpi) After importing one to the browser, if I drop it into the timeline, it looks great. When I double click on it and it opens up to show the layers, it still looks great. But if I do anything to it, including rendering it untouched, stagger the layers so they dissolves in on top of each other, change the size of any layer or apply motion, the quality of the graphic is compromised. You can see the pixels of the text and the objects become blurred.
I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Any suggestions??
Thanks.
Jamie

There are five layers, transparent. I did bring them all in together. I'll try bringing them in separately.
The only resizing I've done is scaling them down, not up. I just changed the field dominance to none but that didn't help. (Do I need to change that back for future projects??)
I have been looking at it fully rendered.
My sequence settings are:
Frame Size: 720 x 480
Editing Timebase: 29.97 fps
Field Dominance: none
Aspect Ratio: NTSC-CCIR 601 / DV
Anamorphic: Off
Video Processing: YUV allowed (8 bit)
White Point: white
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO - NTSC
Millions of Colors (24 bit)
No Data Rate Limit
Where in the motion tab do I need even numbers??

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