QUICKTIME OUTPUT QUESTIONS (4 dumb ones but I don't know)

Question

I need to output my project file as an uncompressed 4.2.2. 10 bit SD quicktime of my 89 minute edit (using that to transfer to digibeta at an outside studio). I'm on fcstudio 2.
Here is the dumbness...
As I'm going to take it to a transfer place where I notice the people working go blank if you mention color space, bit rate, up-convert issues...should I in advance include on my quicktime I bring them:
1. the 1.85 matte output on picture
this is a 4:3 sd dv sourced picture. Outputting the file is double the memory and I've had issues nesting to output in order to matte with my memory when I output..."out of memory" when memory seems to be there is an issue on the apple boards and seems to come up sometimes, sometimes not ..but I don't want to render my file TWICE in order to have a file with a matte on nor do I want someone else to render the file again with a matte on it.
2. bars and tones
How many seconds MINIMUM do I need of them anyway?
And if I'm going to BOTHER reusing this output to create an mpeg 2 file (or should I not bother and just use a quicktimes settings self contained output for the mpeg 2?) is this ANOTHER reason to NOT put on the bars and tones? Must I should just be making a bunch of different outputs?
3. a countdown with tones or click
Does final cut have choices of countdowns? I don't see it in the fcp6 effects choices am I not looking in the right place? (I'll check the manual)
4. Is there a source for film fbi warning logos without being forced to go somewhere to author a dvd because they have it? anyone have a website to get this off of?
5. Does it matter if I use the quicktime settings as is and have my settings on my project show the compressor as uncompressed 10 bit or should i just skip exporting it to quicktime settings and instead just go right to compressor?
6. If I'm going to be using another compression to transfer to mpeg2s down the road, do I need to bother including chapter markers on the output I'm using to transfer because after that goes on digibeta, the digibeta is going to be upresed to hdsr as a widescreen then downconverted back to sd as one of the formats.
Thanks

Answer 1

To be honoust: I do not understand all your questions.
But the main question here is I think:
How is this outside studio putting the film to Digibeta.
If they are using Final Cut Pro for that, you could setup (a copy of) your timeline as 10-bit Uncompressed. And give that to them, AS WELL AS ALL YOUR FOOTAGE. So this implies that your project needs to be well organised and all on the removable drive your going to take with you.
If not, there are other ways.
Making a 10 bit timeline and export with current settings might also help.
Or applying the matte can be done different than nesting for instance.
You can create a matte in Photoshop for instance. Or download my free letterboxer Genterator plugin at http://www.lasserij.nl/fcp or use the one of Andy Mees. It makes it possible to render parts to prevent your macjine running out of memory.
Your MPEG 2 questions are a little vague to me. As well as "film fbi warning logos". What are those?
About bars and tones. Depends on where you live and who is going to broadcast your film. Every TV station can provide you with their 'delivery-specs' (specifications). films usually start 01:00:00:00 or at 10:00:00:00 (I always forget which of them is UK and which is USA; Here in Holland we just use a starting TC of 00:02:00:00, which is very unusual in the rest of the world, I think). But you also need to consider the loudness of the Tone. Is it -12 dB, -14dB, -18dB, -20 dB? And at what level does the mix need to be done (Or is it mixed extarnally?)
In other words: Find out what you need exactly (again: delivery-specs), before starting to think about how to output.
Rienk