Preview in Canvas and Quicktime movie export low quality

Hi Guys
I am trying to make a slideshow/movie using Final Cut Express HD 3.0 the preview in the canvas is very low quality both with the images and titles. I have tried to export to quicktime movie but that movie is still very low quality. They are not sharp and are pixelated. The images look fine with Preview and iPhoto. I do not have quicktime pro I don't know if that has anything to do with it.
Thanks a bunch

This comes up pretty off and was discussed in the last couple of days. You might do a forum search. Basically you'll looking at a lores display unless you look at the output on a video monitor.

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See the second method described on this page for how to add the code to an HTML Snippet...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Movie-Video/Poster-Movie.html
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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iweb-snippets/gallery.html
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iweb-snippets/slider.html
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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iweb-snippets/map-tutorial.html
Finer swiping for mobile devices...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iweb-snippets/swipe.html
A modern slider that uses no javascript and makes use of the new(ish) CSS transitions...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iweb-snippets/flux.html
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