Output Quality from Motion 4

I have recently upgraded to FCS3 from FCS2 and now when I export a Quicktime movie from Motion the quality is very poor no matter what settings I use.
The resulting output appears to be outputting at 'Draft' quality despite it being set to 'Best' in the project and in the output settings.
My output settings also seem to default back to draft no matter how often I change them.
Can anyone help please!!??

I have been playing around and it only seems to effect Motion 3 projects. The projects appear crisp in Motion 4 but the outputs are shocking. New projects created in Motion 4 are fine.

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    Try turning off one layer at a time and re-rexporting or re-rendering. Eventually, you will find the layer that's giving your trouble.
    Okie dokie, we're officially stumped.
    bogiesan

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