Easier Colour Isolation/Pleasantville Effect in FCE 4.0?

I'm aware of the mechanics in this post:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9162727#9162727
But was hoping someone had a better or easier way of doing it now in the new FCE 4.0

Hi(Bonjour)!
You can reproduce the pleasantville effect in FCE with this workflow:
1-duplicate your clip on V2
2-apply a chroma keyer on clip V2, select the color you want to keep in final composite. Pay attention to check the "invert" box in chroma keyer filter setting.
3- add a color corrector to V1 and set the saturation to 0.
You can color correct the V2 to saturate the apparent color or change it, but be sure to add any CC filter below the chroma keyer in filter stack.
Michel Boissonneault

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