Reassembling still image sequence

Hello All
My objective is to create a video image where a person is walking along and the background changes from one scene to another. I have used HD footage, exported still image sequence, cut the background out of each frame in photoshop, imported back into FCP then reassembled/exported in SD PAL to DVD.
This all works OK but I have trouble keeping the edges of the person (still images) clean after being cut out. Have used colour key and Matte Choker in FCP to soften edges which improves the result but could be better. I have tried green screen but still have the same problem of keeping the edges clean and consistent. The footage only goes for a few seconds.
My questions are:
1-is this workflow OK? any suggestions to improve on it?
2-should I be using another program to reassemble the footage?
3-exporting at 25 FPS then deinterlacing in Photoshop then importing back into FCP, is that OK in regards to creating a good final image.
Thanks for your assistance.
David

HDV would be an awful choice for keying (some just say it's an awful choice period).
To do what you want to do properly, you need to get a well lit greenscreen with your person walking in front of it and record it using an uncompressed format. FCP's keyer isn't bad, but there are a lot better. Keylight plugin in After Effects is one. Or Shake also has the KeyLight keyer...
Patrick

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