Poor quality on slow motion!!! (pixelated)

I would be soooooo grateful if someone could help me here!
Okay, Ive been using final cut express for the past probably 5 months and had no problem but the other day when i went to edit a new video I noticed when i exported it any clips that had their speed altered or any fades were showing up extremely pixelated. When i view it back in final cut its fine. just when i export is when the few clips show up this way. The reason its so frustrating is because im editing and using all the same settings that i always have! I even tried editing old clips i knew worked and i had the same problem! I have no idea why this is happening, I've tried every type of export setting and still the same result!
PLEASEEE Help!

I dont completely understand how to find the clip properties, i have a feeling we may be using different versions of final cut? bc I didnt see an "items properties" under the sequence tab but the item properties for the sequence says (and im not sure if this is the information your looking for but)
Vid rate- 29.97 fps
Size- 960 x 540
Compressor- Apple intermediate cod
data rate- 3.4 mb/sec
Pixel aspect- square
The rest are blank or say none
As far as export goes i've originally did export using quicktime conversion and selected the sizes
1280x720 (which is what i normally do)
Compressor native
960 x 540
and a bunch of other options in the menu (leaving everything else as is)
I think tried export quicktime movie and i checked both make movie self containing and unchecking it. all leading to the same result

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