Best way to INTERLACE footage which is progressive ?

I've a clip which is 640x480 29.97fps, square pixel and in progressive.
I want to turn this into an interlaced clip since it will be burned to a DVD.
Anyone know of a step by step method in Motion that will do that for me?
I read somewhere that it involves doubling the frame rate and doing other stuff to it, but I am not sure of the full procedure in Motion 5.
(I have Motion5)

Motion is not made for that, but you can do it in Compressor 4 or FCP X or QuickTime Pro 7 (which Apple still sells).  You'd simply export it as interlaced, simple as that, it isn't a big deal.  But Motion doesn't transcode video.
The only two ways I could think of to do this, is set up your Motion project to be progressive to start with.  Not the best way to do this, though, as you may still get some interlace artifacts, depending on the original video (how much movement is in it, any thin line patters that could cause issues, etc).  And/or using Export Using Compressor Settings, or Send To Compressor, then doing it in Compressor.
I'd highly recommend deinterlacing the original clips first, then using Motion to create your final video graphics and effects.

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