press cmd- B on a mac
or ctrl – B on a pc
this will open up the render settings you can pick from tons of options…
Exporting to FCP has some thigs you should think about…if you go DVpal or DVntsc you dont need to render anything but if you go Animation you will get to preview in realtime but you will have to render eventually. Animation is bettter quality though…DVpal/ntsc looks great too.
then after you set up your render hit shift – R