Rough Edges on Graphics

I have a vector graphic which was created in Adobe Illustrator which looks rough in After Effects. Zooming in Illustrator and Photoshop results in crisp clean edges which is what I want.
When I place the graphic in my AE composition the edges are rough.
I have 'continuously rasterize' turned on but the graphic is still rough.
Toggling 'pixel aspect ratio correction, makes it look clean.
I have tried creating different sized graphics with correct and incorrect aspect ratios but that doesn't work either.
I have checked the output on a TV monitor but it looks the same.
I am using CS3 on a Mac running OS 10.6.2
The video file and comp are DVCPRO 720 (1.33)
I just want my graphics to look as crisp as they do in Ai and Photoshop
Thanks for your help.
Dean

Thanks Todd,
I thought I'd tried exporting but it must have been the only thing I hadn't done.
After exporting, the graphics do look much cleaner.
It's a shame that you can't see the full quality in the AE viewer so that you can be sure as you go along what you are creating is what you want. It would save a lot of time doing test exports.
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