Problems with colour correction

Hey,
I am working on my first trailer for a feature film I shot. You can check out about the project at: http://www.alifemovie.com
My question is when I apply 3-way CC to my footage it looks OK in the Canvas but when I export out to the web via "Quicktime Conversion" and I compress it with H.264 codec it looks horrible.
Why is that? Any ideas? Also any ideas as to how to apply image control? I try to "de-saturate" as video looks too saturated for my tastes. I would love to hear people ideas. I shot my film "A Life" with the Panasonic DVX100 in 24p Advanced.
Thanks,
Chris

Hi:
Posting a capture of both screens can help.
Are you using a DV sequence (PAL or NTSC)? If you use a DVCPRO50 timeline you'll get better color space after the color correction.
Are you ewxporting directly from FCP timeline through Compressor? That way you'll get the most of the quality, in particular when aplying effects like CC.
My 2 cents !
Hope that helps !
Alberto

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