Vegas Best Settings?

[SSProductions]

Hey guys, I'm working on the sequel to Blood & War: Part I, and I recently did a workprint version with some fairly high quality settings.

The problem?

The output was awful. When I edit with good ol' Windows Movie Maker the quality always turns out very high while keeping a decent size, while Vegas exports videos of much lower quality but with the same size as Windows Movie Maker.

So what are the best rendering settings for Vegas?

[geoff-uk]

Nice to know you finally got Vegas. I use these settings:

C:\Documents and Settings\Geoff.GEOFF-8CA9143B4\My Documents\My Pictures\untitled.jpg

[asa.oleary123]

Great settings man, I'd agree, but I can't see a thing...

I'd render in wmv. or avi., you can do custom or choose a pre-set quality.
http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq98/asaoleary123/srete.jpg

[geoff-uk]

Damn, heres the image.

[SSProductions]

Well thanks for the responces guys, but here is my main issue as I said above. I use Windows Movie Maker, and it comes up with very nice quality in 80MB. If you check out Blood & War Part I or Suicide you can see what I mean.

I'm looking for that sort of quality in 80MB in Vegas.

Edit: Realised my mistake guys. I made custom settings when I RENDERED it, not for the actual project. Should be able to produce fairly high quality video now. :)