Exporting Final Cut Pro files

I have a 4 1/2 minutes video I cut on Final Cut Pro and exported it as a Final Cut Pro video... it's 1Gb. How do I export that video into a format that I can upload to YouTube (has to be under 100 megs) without losing all the clarity of the original file? Everytime I try to export it to a smaller file size, it is horribly pixelated and looks like a crappy camera phone took the footage.... any help or suggestions would be appreciated

it's 1Gb. How do I export that video into a format that I can upload to YouTube (has to be under 100 megs) without losing all the clarity of the original file?<<</div>
REALITY CHECK: Anytime you compress video the quality will suffer; the higher the compression, the lower the quality within any given codec. You cannot realistically expect to maintain "all the clarity of the original file." Period.
-DH
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