What is the ideal Still Size for Final Cut Pro?

I am suing stills in my Timeline. Right now they look really bad. They look great in the Viewer but they look like to crap in the Canvas and Timeline. The stills are 2896x1944.
What's the ideal size so they will maintain the same quality in the Timeline?
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I am suing stills in my Timeline.
Not sure what legal means you are using to sue your stills..who's your lawyer?
Okay now seriously, your Canvas crap is because it's just a low res proxy. Spit out a self-contained movie and look at it in Quicktime or better yet look at it through a broadcast monitor for a more accurate representation.
In terms of size you want to keep your total pixels to under 4000. And if you're not making moves on the stills then make them the same size as your sequence.

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