Exporting 1080i footage to blu ray format.

Hi there,
I have captured some 1080i footage in premiere pro CS4 and have been exporting sections as image sequences in progressive to do some rotoscoping. I now want to produce the video in 2 formats. One intended to be a standard interlaced def DVD and the other to be the highest possible quality for blu ray. Could someone help me with whether i need to deintelace the footage to make it progressive when exporting or will selecting the blu ray setting do it for me at the best possible quality.
Many thanks...

will there be a combing effect when played on a computer monitor
No.  Your software Blu-ray player will deinterlace it properly for you. By way of comparison, notice that I didn't say Media Player.
-Jeff

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