Windows to Mac and Back workflow

Hello: Thanks in advance..
Here is the workflow:
Vegas Sony on Windows
.avi clips captured into Sony Vegas on Windows
clips copied onto external firewire drive
firewire drive goes to editor
editor works on MacBook Pro - Final Cut Pro 6
How does the firewire drive have to be formatted/partioned so both Windows and Mac can see the files as the firewire drive is passed back and forth?
Thanks.
Craig

On the Editor's Mac, install MacFuse, NTFS-3g (remember to restart the computer afterwards) and then iMount. With iMount, all he has to do is connect your external drive, drag the drive's icon over the iMount icon, and after about 15-20 seconds, your drive appears in the finder as a read and writable drive, where is he wants to edit anything, he can.
If all he needs to do is watch your footage, he can already do that in NTFS. If you're using video clips on your external drive, FAT32 is out of the question.
http://daysofourmacbooks.blogspot.com/2007/08/imountit-macfuse-ntfs-3g-readwrite -on.html
Go to this link and follow the instructions to install MacFuse, NTFS-3g, and iMount.

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