De-interlace before keying HDV footage?

I've got some HDV 1440x1080 greenscreen footage, PAL, Interlaced footage and i'm wondering if i should convert to a progressive scan/non compressed format (such as Animation, or maybe ProRes) before i start keying? Any ideas on good practice to enable me to get a better key from HDV footage?

My experience with keying HDV footage in PAL is that it is best to de-interlace beforehand.
Disclaimer: haven't done it in the new Motion yet, but I do it a lot in Shake, and the results are poor if I don't de-interlace first. The dreadful jagged edges and other artifacts rear their ugly heads.
Hope this helps a bit
Cheers
Arthur

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