Still pictures lose resolution when transition added?

i'm making a slideshow in FCP using still pictures. when i add a disolve, or key frame a crossfade between two pictures the pictures lose their sharpness/resolution. the last frame before the dissolve ends the picture remains sharp, but as soon as the picture comes up by itself it drops to a lower quality. i hope that makes sense.
the problem only occurs on some of the pictures i scanned, but not all that were scanned (problem doesn't occur with pictures that came straight from a digital file (i.e. a memory card/camera). i scanned the pictures with a resolution setting of 200.
any ideas with what i'm doing wrong? any thoughts, criticisms, are greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance!

the clips exhibit the problem both rendered, unrendered, and exported.
thanks for responding nick!
oh, and i like where you're from nick, but i couldn't find the answer when i consulted it.
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