Exporting Newbie

I've used FCE a couple of times on a variety of macs and was very enthusiastic to see how it would run on my new MBPro however I have obviously set it up wrong because whenever I try an export video in any from whether standard Quicktime video or any form of compression the resulting quality is atrocious, blotchy colour reminiscent of the worst compression formats, while still being truly epic file sizes that would suggest uncompressed video.
I know this is a pretty broad question, but what very obvious thing am I missing?
My video is rendered before exporting, I have done this before on other macs.
Waiting for the very obvious penny to drop,
Alex

Hello Alex,
What is the nature of your source material - DV, HDV, import from a DVD ....
Assuming it was PAL-DV, did you capture the material with the DV-PAL Easy Setup in FCE? Check your sequence in FCE to see if it's DV-PAL.
What is your intended target for your exported video? A playable DVD, web, iPod, etc. Your export selections will be different for each target.
Assuming you want to export for burning a DVD, you should export as QuickTime Movie, and be sure to UNcheck the "Make Movie Self-Contained" checkbox. Also, be sure to select Include: Audio & Video and Include: Chapter Markers if you are going to use iDVD to burn your DVD.
Self-contained export movies are large (roughly 13GB per hour of DV video) and take a long time to export. When you UNcheck the box you will get a relatively small, QuickTime reference movie, that will export quickly.
You should check the quality of your video on a TV or video monitor, not your computer monitor. They will not show the same results.

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