Noob Help with VPro 9 settings?

Hello everyone.

OK, I'm not done learning, but I need to upload a few short videos to YouTube and Vimeo in HD/H.264 by tomorrow night, and also embed them on my website. I have some training DVD's by VASST and COD (which are great), but I am out of time.

Can anyone please help me set the right project properties in Sony Vegas Pro 9?

I recorded some footage on a Canon HF S10 in AVCHD at 30p, and converted it to .avi using Cineform NeoScene, so the files will be .avi. Data storage is on D:. Machine is Dell CoreDuo Quad at 3.0 GHz, 8GB RAM, 4GB ReadyBoost RAM, GTX 260, Vista x64 Ultimate, C: and D: in RAID 0, with external backups). My NLE is Vegas Pro 9 x32 (because Cineform x64 for VPro9 is still in Beta). I think I can maybe handle the edits, but at the moment I just need help setting the Project Properties.

I opened a new project. In Project Properties, I have selected:

VIDEO TAB:

Template: Custom (1920 x 1080, 29.970 fps)

Field Order: None (progressive scan)

Frame Rate: 29.970

Pixel format: I have a choice of 8-bit, 32-bit floating point (video levels) or 32-bit floating point (full range). Which do I choose/select? For the moment I put 32-bit floating point (full range), because that sounded like the best quality.

For Compositing Gamma do I want 1.000 (Linear) or 2.222 (Video)? Default was 1.000, so I left it there.

Full-resolution rendering quality I set to 'best'.

De-interlace method I set to 'None'.

Do I check "Adjust source media to better match project or render settings"? Or do I leave that alone/unchecked?

For the Prerendered Files Folder, VPro suggests: C:UsersVideoAppDataLocalSonyVegasPro9.0. Do I leave it there? Or should I create a similar folder on D: [Data] and use that? At the moment I just left it where it is.

AUDIO TAB:

I just left Master Bus Mode in Stereo (even though it will be mono/single microphone), 44,100 Hz, 16 bit. Sample and re-stretch quality I set to 'best.'

VPro gives me a default 'Recorded Files Folder' as C:UsersVideo [computer name]Documents. Do I leave it here, or create a folder on D:?

I must post by tomorrow night. Any advice or suggestions you could give me would be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help.

Norman