Export to FCP still needs rendering and pixelates

I looked under "Playback Quality Is Blurry/Interlaced/Low Quality/Crappy" FAQ and while I am having that problem of not having an external monitor of some sort, I think there is a little bit more to my problem.

I do want to say that the video I am making is going only to the web. I say that just in case that helps.

Yes, what I am viewing in my Canvas is blurry but it is only one clip and none of my other clips are blurry in the canvas. I exported footage in QT to match my DV - NTSC Easy Setup in FCP and I get a dark green render bar. Before I render it looks fine. After I render it, it looks crappy. Knowing that it could be the external monitor issue, I exported the footage and it still retains its blurriness.

Not only that, when I add a Cross Dissolve or Fade In to Fade Out transition, I have to render and that segment becomes blurry. Also after an export, it stays blurry.

The clip matches everything that the Easy Setup has so how come I have to render and since I do, why is it making my content blurry?

Thank you for the help and I apologize if the answer turns out to be dealing with an external monitor.

And, keep in mind that, if the sequence settings were changed after the media was already on the timeline, that would create an issue even if the setting match the media. So, a match is not always the perfect match.

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This is a screenshot of the comparisons. The sequence settings are on the left.

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If you can't see them here they are written out:

SEQUENCE SETTINGS:

Vid Rate: 29.97
Frame Size: 720x480
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO - NTSC
Pixel Aspect: NTSC - CCIR 601
Field Dominance: Lower (Even)

CLIP SETTINGS :

Vid Rate: 29.97
Frame Size: 720x480
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO - NTSC
Pixel Aspect: NTSC - CCIR 601
Field Dominance: Lower (Even)

This is what they are so unless I'm missing some aspect of my clip settings then I'm not sure why this happening. Again, thank you for the help.

To this particular clip, I am not adding anything. The only thing I've done to the clip is place in's and out's and dragged it to the timeline. That's all I did. ^_^

I'm not at my office anymore but no I didn't check those. But I know I never did anything to them. Like I said, all I did was add in and out points and dragged it to the timeline. ^_^

I am not concerned with what you have done, but FCP can add filters like the shift field and it can change size and distort settings, particularly if anamorphic flag settings are not right.

So if you can check those tabs and if necessary remove any filters and reset distort and motion settings, the need to render and the resulting degrading of you picture may be fixed.

If the clips match the sequence settings, there is no reason to have a shift fields filter. Do you have shift field filters on any clips?

Either way that should not affect the fades. Search this forum for info on how to trash preferences and repair permissions. The strange behaviour may be related to this constant maintenance requirement.