Poor Quality Exports of 2D Images

I have been asked by one of my users about an issue he is having trying to export 2D images of an 3D model in Acrobat 8 Pro on a PC running Windows XP Pro.
I've looked at the preferences, tried various permutations of the preferred render and legacy hardware setting, and tried increasing the quality of the JPEG and PNG settings in the Output options: none of these produce satisfactory results - it gives muddy lines, poor anti-aliasing and a generally worse appearance than I can get by doing a print screen.
Is this just a limitation of the version of Acrobat being used, which might improve with version 9, or does anyone have any tips on what to look at to rectify the situation?
If it is any help, someone else who took a look at it thought that the output seemed to be not using the DirectX9 even when it was set - could it just be that the hardware/ video card isn't up to it?
Please excuse the possible use of confusing or incorrect terms - I'm a 2D not a 3D person by experience, so I've not got a lot to go on: any help gratefully received!

The maker of the programme you choose to use is quite moot as they will all use Quicktime to do the actual conversion, and Apple make that.
What export settings are you using? And what are you viewing the output on?
What dimensions and colour profile are the original files?
DVD's are very heavily compressed as is mp4, and slideshows sent to iDVD are doubly compressed - first in iPhoto and afterwards by iDVD.
The best programme is made by Apple. It's called Final Cut. The Express version is excellent and well worth the price, assuming you don't want to pop the $1k for the full Studio version. However, if you've never used an NLE be prepared for a learning curve.
Like any slideshow app you will get best results with non compressed images - i.e. don't use Jpegs or png as these are compressed. Making the slideshow in any app involves further compression so working in a lossless format like tiff is best.
The best output setting will depend on where you intend showing the slideshow.
Alternatives include PhotoToMovie and Photomagico. There are others, search on MacUpdate.
Regards
TD

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