Will FCP X export to Flash?

I've been an Adobe Premiere user all this time and am finally ready to throw in the towel and losing about 6 hrs worth of work due to a corruption with my project file.
With the new release of FCP X, I need to verify whether it (or Compressor) can export to flash video. I checked all of the specs but didn't see it listed. Can anyone verify this?
Thanks!
Brian

FCP X will not export as flv. But you can always export as h.264 wich has been part of Flash for a while now.
mish

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