Export SD from iMovie for editing in CS3

I'm surprised I haven't found more about this here, on videohelp, and on the apple forums.
SD DV captured in iMovie and edited. The person finishing the DVD is on PC. (I'm neither of the two people.)
My advice to the client is to finish the project on the system it is started on. But I would like to have a better idea of the options.
What is the recommendation as to format from iMovie? If quicktime what settings?
I don't know yet, but let's assume iMovie 06. (iMovie 08 apparently kills SD.)

Stanley,
Just a guess, but unless the Mac is also running Windows, I would suspect that they will not have any .AVI output options - only flavors of .MOV.
I've had pretty good luck Importing .MOV files into PP. Do not know all of the variations, so some .MOV's might work fine, and others not so well.
If the PC has QT-Pro installed, about any real .MOV (not some tricked up special CODEC version), should be able to be converted (Export) to DV-AVI with MS DV CODEC.
Sorry that I cannot give you hard-fast rules, as I do not have a Mac, and have not directly Imported anything that I know came from iMovie. Maybe I have, but just did not know it.
Still, my advice would be to finish in iMovie on Mac. However, some clients want to do things the hard way. If they are headed in that direction, I'd suggest not doing too much trimming in iMovie and adding no Transitions. This would allow for tighter editing and Handles, when on the PC. Just Exporting the raw Capture footage would probably be best, then use QT-Pro to convert to DV-AVI Type II for editing on the PC.
Let us know how it goes and any pitfalls that occur. I, for one, can always learn about X-platform exchange of Assets and what works best.
Good luck,
Hunt

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