Making a DVD from my FCE 4 project?

Hi,
I occasionally need to make a DVD of my finished FCE 4 projects, and have been doing it by sharing the finished .mov file between iMovie and iDVD. This process seems cumbersome (at least, the way I do it) and it appears that the .mov file is copied during the "share" process. This seems redundant and, of course, eats up drive space. I'm wondering if there's a much simpler way to somehow create a DVD more directly from FCE 4. (Can I import the finished .mov file into iDVD without going through iMovie and "sharing" (i.e. copying) the .mov file.
In other words, I'd like to know the easiest way to create a DVD of my FCE 4 project. Any suggestions? Thanks very much.
Vic

Thanks, Tom. I'm guessing it needs to be exported from FCE 4 as a stand-alone .mov file? ...and then I won't need to go through iMovie to "share" the file?

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