Exporting a HD clip lossless for stock footage.

Hi all,
I want to start submiting some of my archive footage to a stock site. I want to trim the clips in FCP but not sure the best way to export them without losing any quality. Its HD footage at 1920 x 1080 (Pal).
Any advice on the best way to do this would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Simon.

I have experience, both with buying and providing clips. The most common format is Photo JPEG...and it is pretty darn good. If you weren't impressed, you did something wrong. Some people like PhotoJPEG at 75%, but they provide, and I have given them, Photo JPEG at 100%.
Some do ProRes, but that is RARE. Animation too, but also rare, due to file size. H.264 is not unheard of, but is so uncommon that it is barely a blip. I have only seen that format a handful of times.

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