Sharp Edge using the Ellipse Tool?

I am using Fireworks 8 and trying to create an atom image but when I create the proton paths using the ellipse tool the edges show up as jagged instead of sharp after flattening the image and uploading as jpg, png or gif files to the server. I've tried several techniques mentioned in this forum such as feathering the edge, blurring the edge and increasing the resolution. None of them has worked for me. Can anyone shed some light as to why the ellipse tool will not create a sharp edge? Is there another way of creating this image using another tool?

Okay after some more trial and error I got what I wanted by increasing the resolution to 300 and using the following:
to achieve this:

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Keywords
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[ SystemTime]
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