[Andrew Dennis]

Thanks Mike. That was the problem.

[Andrew Dennis]

Here is what it says in the properties for the sequence in the timeline…
Norwich sequence
1440 x 1080
00;17;33;12, 25.00 fps
48000 Hz – Stereo

Here is what the source footage properties
Type: AVI Movie
File Size: 12.3 GB
Image Size: 720 x 480
Pixel Depth: 32
Frame Rate: 29.97
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz – 16 bit – Stereo
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz – 32 bit floating point – Stereo
Total Duration: 00;57;58;07
Average Data Rate: 3.6 MB / second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.2121

AVI File details:
Reel name: Untitled Tape
Contains 1 video track(s) and 1 audio track(s).
Interleave: 1 : 29.00

Video track 1:
Size is 11.65G bytes (average frame = 123.44K bytes)
There are 104243 keyframes.
Frame rate is 29.97 fps
Frame size is 720 x 480
Depth is 24 bits.

Audio track 1:
Size is 636.88M bytes
Rate is 48000 samples/sec
Sample size is 16 bits

When I change the project footage from draft, automatic, and highest quality, there is no noticeable change. When increase the magnification from ‘fit’ to 100% the picture goes from a small image that fills roughly a quarter of the display, to a full screen image that is pixilated and blurry. Also, there is definitely a serious downgrade in quality, because when I try to export to mpeg2 .mov etc. i get the same tiny pixilated picture as in the timeline.