PLEASE HELP! importing from illustrator

i made a drawing in adobe illustrator and have imported it as a .pict file to fcp. it looks great in the viewer when i double click it from the bin. but when i put it on the timeline, and double click it, it looks horrible - blurred, jagged and broken up - in both the viewer and the canvas. when i render it (green line,) it looks even worse.
i have also tried importing it as a jpeg, tiff, and targa, all having the same results.
the drawing had two layers in illustrator - the line art (in white) and the black fill behind it.
please tell me i am doing something wrong - and please tell me the right way to do it.
i spent 10 hrs on this drawing and i really want to use it in this project.
i have also tried opening it in photoshop to no avail.
if anyone would be willing to take a look at my file, maybe even import it onto your timeline and see what the problem is, i would GREATLY appreciate it.
i can email it to you immediately...i think it's about 3 mbs
thanks
carl

thank you, jsp editor!! it's on its way.
the file consists of three layers: the white line drawing, which is what i want to use, a black matte behind it, and a still of a house, which i used for the trace.
it's in 16:9, the way i need it.
what i'm tring to do is have video of the house picture (not the pic in illustrator, but the footage i took the still from,) scale out into blackness and dissolve into the line art of the same house. i want the line art to be over black.
thanks so much for your help. i really appreciate it.
carl

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