Poor resolution on imported photos

When I import a jpg photo into FC express 3.0 it looks great in the viewer - but when I put it into the timeline and look at it in the the canvas it has lost a lot of resolution - subsequent rendering may even make the resolution worse.

When you put it into the timeline you're converting it to an interlaced format designed for encoding live action into video for television display. Are you looking at the rendered output on a video monitor? The image may not be suitable for use in a video format.

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  • How do you get iMovie 11 to save imported photos at a higher resolution

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  • Importing photos resolution / file size

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    Please treat me gently with this one ...
    good morning, Chellebelle, like some coffee.. ?
    'size'/better: resolution ..
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  • How do you change the resolution of a Photo?

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