Quality suffering, (looking pixely), after using Color Corrector in FCE?

I need some help and I'm sure someone here has the answer I'm looking for! I am editing a short film with FCE4. I have converted my original footage, (shot with an EOS 550D at 720p), using MPEG Streamclip to Apple Intermediate Codec for importation and editing. On a few clips, I have had to do some color correcting, (using the "Color Corrector" filter). Unfortunately, these clips lose their sharpness afterwards and look somewhat "pixely". What am I doing wrong?
The above screen shot is after Color Corrector, (although it is diffucult to see my problem in this small pic). The edges become rough and unsharp, which is most evident in the book on the left.
The following pic is WITHOUT Color Corrector.
What can I do to resolve this????

Thank you everyone for trying to help!
MtD: BINGO! I had the Render Settings at 50%, which I feel is sort of a beginner's mistake. However, I have to say, I have used color corrector before and not experienced this problem. I wonder if the settings somehow changed themselves with some update? Curious. Anyways, I changed it, re-rendered, and now it looks great. Thanks again.
To anyone else with the same problem, go to "Sequence" and then "Settings" to change the Render Settings to 100%
And now I am just curious: why would you ever want to set your Render Settings to LESS than 100%?

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