1080i60 to 1080p24

Post production on Mac Pro, FCP 5.1.4. I have the Nattress plug-ins installed.
I'm shooting on a Sony HVR-A1 at 1080i60 (it has no true 24p). I'd like to have the final cut in 1080p24 footage.
questions:
1) When I first installed FCP 5.1 there was no option under Export as Quicktime' for 1080p24 (only 720p24)... it seems after an update to 5.1.4 the option is now present (is this correct?).
I have successfully done a final rendering/export which seems to be 16:9 deinterlaced 24fps at x1080. Question here... what is the point of Nattress, Magic Bullet etc if FCP has this option now? Moreover, at one point I rendered using Nattress to 24p, then selected the Export to 1080p24…. The output film flickered and flashed violently between colors… obviously some major goof on my part. Any idea what was going on there?

I have used the Nattress filters a bit. Their main advantage is that when converting the frame rate, they should do a better job of interpolating the in-between frames, whereas FCP's frame blending basically just superimposes the two frames over each other. You can get similar results by using Compressor's advanced format conversions, and tuning on the frame controls, but that can take a really long time and requires going outside FCP and creating a self-contained movie, whereas Graeme's filter can be applied directly to clips in FCP, and often work faster.
However, I have had some unexpected results from the Nattress filters as well, and wound up using other workarounds in those cases. It may have been improper workflow on my part. Perhaps Graeme will chime in here with a suggestion specific to your task...

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