Better to resize JPEGs for a QT sequence before or while exporting from QT?

I have several thousand JPEG files shot as a time-lapse sequence, at my DSLR camera's smallest size of 4288 by 2848 pixels. I want to sequence them as a QuickTime movie, for a final frame size of 1920 by 1080 pixels. Is it okay to batch resize the JPEGs in a photo application (PhotoMechanic or Photoshop) before creating the Quick Time Pro sequence and then exporting it as a .MOV, or am I better off sequencing the JPEGs in QuickTime Pro, then exporting them as a 1920 by 1080 pixel movie file?
The last time I did this I let QTPro do the resizing while exporting, and it took over an hour to generate the .MOV file. Is that to be expected given the "fast" computer I'm using?

Resize the image files prior to import to QuickTime.
It'll be faster on your machine.

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