HDV and FCP editing advise.

Hi Everyone.

I have shot some footage in HDV but it is a minority component of material compared to the still images in the project.

When I render photoshop logos, images in a HDV FCP sequence it doesn't look that good due interlacing issues and the HDV codec.

Can I drop the HDV footage into a progressive HD FCP sequence and treat it as a progressive format....render and convert as needed and work with a nice clean images. Any issues with that?

Any tricks on making HDV footage look better when working with still images.

The next camera I buy will be professional progressive format such as XDCAM.

I would appreciate other peoples advise on how they work with HDV footage and cross convert it as a codec for best results for clean crisp images in a combined HDV and still image project.

When is the best time to transcode the HDV footage?

Should I edit in HDV then transcode to a new Prores progressive codec sequence when I am finished or at the beginning if effects and filters have to be applied to the footage?

Any tips much appreciated.

Hamilton.