IMovie to Quicktime to FCE

I edit my movies in FCE, but for various reasons I like to edit slideshows in iMovie 08. Sometimes, I would like to take a slideshow edited in iMovie and use it as the basis for an FCE project. If I export a slideshow from iMovie to Quicktime movie and then import that Quicktime movie into FCE, would I lose picture quality?

Thank you, skalicki. I have added effects, titles and transitions, so the XML export/import won't work.
I intended to export from iMovie using Export Using Quicktime, then selecting Movie to Quicktime Movie, and using the default settings of:
Compression: None
Depth: Millions of Colors
Quality: Best
Dimensions: 960x540 (Current)
There is no audio. (In fact, that's the main reason I would like to get the project over into FCE--so I have better control over the audio.)
Using that export method, do you think I would lose picture quality? In other words, if I export a Quicktime movie from iMovie, then import it into FCE, then use FCE to export to Quicktime Movie again for use in a DVD, will the DVD picture quality be poorer than if I had gone straight from iMovie to DVD?
Is there a different export method you would recommend?
Steve

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