Full Quality Share?

I'm moving from an older version of iMovie into 7 ('08) and am having trouble determining what export settings to use.
In the older versions of iMovie I used Share -> Full Quality
The video will be imported into Avid for editing so I need as close to source as possible.
I've tried several settings so far in '08 and cannot get the quality where it needs to be.
I guess I'm looking for the '08 equivalent of 'Full Quality' when sharing a movie. .dv or .mov would either be fine formats.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or guidance you may be able to provide.
Message was edited by: rustybucket145

Well, after a little more digging and searching it looks like a full quality share is no longer possible in iMovie '08. Bummer.
Anybody know if this is available in iMovie '09?

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