The problem, at least in FCP, was the subframe checkbox in the title area. With that unchecked, my friend's titles imported and rendered perfectly. Not sure what, if anything, can be done about this anti-aliasing snafu in iMovie. He tells me there are problems on many discussion boards about iMovie difficulties with text rendering. Thanks again, for all the help and the very quick replies. Bobbo 19 new Nature images online at http://www.bobbogoldberg.com Voice over -- http://www.bob-vo.com