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Next, while still in the Inspector, we go to the Frames Control tab (3rd tab from the left). To activate 'Frame Controls', we must first click on the little gear icon which is found to the right of the Frames Control drop down menu. Should you forget to do this, the Frames Control menu will be grayed out. Set the Frame Controls drop down menu to 'On', change our Output Fields to 'Progressive' and then go to the Deinterlace control and change it to 'Better' (Motion Adaptive). Change the Frame Control's drop down menu to 'On'.
We are almost done but still have a bit more to do. My HDV video was shot with the Sony A1U at 1080i. As I want to reduce my file size yet maintain high quality, I'll need to reduce the width of the the video frame from 1080 to 720. Click on the Geometry tab (2nd from the right) and type in the new frame size, 1280x720. Reducing the frame dimensions retains the highest resolution of your HD media while reducing the file size so that it will be small enough to run from Vimeo. We will leave the Pixel Aspect at its default for size setting.
In the Action Tab, (far right) you can set your destination to either Source, where you may have your media file, or back to desktop. Another option is to set your Default Destination in the Compressor preferences to either a specific folder or desktop. I have it set to 'desktop' so I needn't bother with this step.
Click on 'Save' which will now store your Vimeo HD Encode setting within your Customs folder for current as well as future use. 
Since most films downloaded to Vimeo vary in length, we will start with a short 5 minute sequence as our demonstration example. While there are advantages and disadvantages to exporting from Final Cut Pro either as a Self-contained movie or as a Reference movie, I have always preferred exporting from Final Cut as a Self-contained movie directly to my desktop.
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