Workflow from Final cut Pro

Hello there,
I have a three minute video sequence in Final Cut Pro and
want to post it on the web for streaming. My question now is:
should I export from FCP using my quicktime export to flash
file function or do I get better quality when I convert in the
Flash media encoder.
The follow on question then is: how do I know what setting to
use in FCP?
Or if I would go the other way: what format should my movie
be in to import into the Flash media encoder?
thank you so much.

it appears that if you check only "include crossfades"(during the fcp omf export) it does retain those once in logic, but if you check both "levels" and "crossfades", nothing gets retained. strange.

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