Poor quality from quicktime imports

Hello out there,
I have recently began transferring several files to an effects editing program, (using full quality quicktime compression) and then exporting them as filetype: QuickTime None. mov. The problem I am having is that while the clip looks very good when viewed in the quicktime player, the quality absolutely goes down the tubes. The entire clip looks low resolution, and lighting such as sun patterns on the grass looks pixillated. Also, the effects I added (only things that go on top of the origional clip, no framerate, resolution or other clip altering things like that; pretty much like the normal iMovie Plugins) look pixillated. Anyone with experiance exporting and importing clips from iMovie out there? If so, please help, seeing as apple does not have a support e-mail, so this may take a while.
Thanks,
Filmmaker 13.5

I have recently began transferring several files to an effects editing program, (using full quality quicktime compression) and then exporting them as filetype: QuickTime None. mov.
I recommend not exporting with the None codec from that effects-editing program. I don't know it that will solve the problem, but it might help.
If the iMovie project is a DV NTSC project, a Full Quality export is to a DV NTSC movie, the same as the iMovie project. After editing that movie, you don't want to convert it to some other format. You want it to stay a DV movie before re-importing it to iMovie.
Note that there is no such thing as a Full Quality codec. That is an iMovie term for exporting to movie in the same format as the iMovie project, whatever type the project is. Each iMovie project type is different. Essentially, iMovie exports the project to a QuickTime movie that preserves all the quality of the iMovie project, which lets you move it to other projects with no loss of quality.
It's the job of the special effects program to change the video and let you save it in a format that works for iMovie. I suggest you look for solutions at that end.
Karl

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unclemano wrote
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I switched the settings to "high quality" which solved the problem. According iDVD help, "high quality" determines the best bit rate for the clips you have.
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• and I consider the iDVD Bug - never go back to video-editor to change/up-date - if so Start a brand new iDVD project
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