Photoshop file looks fuzzy after render

I have an RGB Photoshop file over a white color matte over video. It's text I created in PSCS2, nothing rasterized, with transparency. When I bring the PS file into the timeline it looks crisp and legible, but when I render to preview the timeline, the text gets fuzzy and it starts to look pixelated on the monitor like when you start scaling up too much. I have my RT set to high as well. Any ideas?

what color is the render bar in this portion of the timeline? if its bright green then what you're seeing during playback is the realtime "preview" quality, not the fully rendered quality as you see when the playhead is parked
another issue you should consider is the placement of the graphic. in the motion properties make sure its placed on a whole even numbered y cordinate, otherwise you may see a slight softening of the image due to interlace issues (unless i'm confusing this with a diferent issue)

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