Converting NTSC SD video for Vimeo

Using a quad core AMD with 4 GB RAM and XP sp2. Production Prem CS3
I have some SD (PAR .9) footage that I want to convert to upload to Vimeo.
This is supposed to be 640x480 deinterlaced encoded as H.264. I just watched Jeff Bellune's tutorials on changing SD to Film Look and have tried to follow Dan Isaac's excellent thoughts on this
I was wondering if the same method (similar to DVtoFillm) could be used to create the downsized and deinterlaced footage (.avi) which I could then encode in AME to H.264.
Being a rookie at any coding, would the scripts have to be rewritten, etc?
Or would some other way be better ie creating a custom project size in Premiere and resizing the SD footage after importing into the 640x480 project.
Thanks in advance.
John Rich

The transcode to the H.264 format at the 640x480 includes the downsize
for all practical purposes.

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