Hey Jeff, much thanks for the response!
My final destination for the vid is Youtube.. my last vid looked rather obliterated after all was said and done and uploaded to the net.. And yes, a lot of it was based around maxed out neon red and greens with drop-shadows/gradients.. it was a mess!
As an update, now I’m finding that my vids look dimmer/duller in Quicktime, brighter/harsher in RealPlayer, and ACCURATE (in comparison to the Premiere preview display) after uploaded to Youtube.. Hmm.. so I’m not sure how to make sense of this..!