Weird text distortion

I keep getting this wierd effect on my text. Its the first time i've noticed it and ive been trying absolutely everything to get rid of it. Anyone have any ideas?
http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture2ku3.png
It seems to only appear during the encoding to m2v process through compressor.

what did you use to make your text in your sequence? it's sort of well-known (oxy-moron??) that the fcp text engine is woefully inadequate. is the text color over-saturated?
you may have better luck using boris title 3D and it's superior vector imaging. you could also use photoshop to create your text. not knowing which version of fcp you're using, you may also use livetype or motion which will create superior text than fcp's text engine.
you can also drop your finished sequence into an 8-bit uncompressed sequence, create titles, render and encode from there.
good primer on creating decent text in DV here: http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/perfect_titlesphil.html
good luck.
zeb

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