Newb - have I got the best settings?

I've just created a smallish wedding video, project size about a couple of Gb.
After searching the forums here, I have adjusted my settings.
But I just want to confirm that I have used the settings for the best quality possible, from FCP into DVDSP?
Here's what I did:
1) Exported the wedding from FCP as "Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) 48khz"
2) Used the following settings in DVD Studio Pro:
Mode: Two Pass VBR
Bit rate: 5.0
Max Bit Rate: 7.0
Motion Estimation: Best
Anyboady want to suggest better settings? I have plenty of space.
Thanks,,
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FCP 6

It's a little tricky and there is no an universal receipt for encoding.
If your Motion (After effects) works include a lot of agraphic elements (what uses to happen!) you probebly get the best results working with Animation codec in the correct pixels size for final video and use the animation QT movie in Compressor or in a FCP timeline exporting from the timeline directly to MPEG2 through Compressor. That way you'll be sure nothing is rendered to DV. When you export from FCP timeline directly, Compressor sues the raw frame onfo not the render files (no matter your timeline is rendered or not).
But as I told you every kind of work and combination of material (video, graphics, stills) uses to need a little of experomentation to find the right workflow.
Hope that helps !
Alberto

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