Shake to FCP

Hi there,
Iam new to this forum. Hope I can help others in the future.
Recently I got Shake 4.1. I been editing with FCP for several years.
The problem I encounter is the following:
I can export from FCP to Shake my clip, then I can process filters and all the great things that Shake offers...
But when I try to go back to FCP the clip goes OFF LINE (red). I have try to interpret the instruction manual many times, I have try to get info on the net, I even called Apple and they sended me to this forum...
So is there anyone that could describe in the most easy possible terms my biggest wall to conquer Shake:
How do I fileout? What are the steps?
I did the render, I did what the instructions say and is not working, try to set up the FORMAT (DV-NTSC) and the Quicktime selection... and still bad luck.
Thanks in advance!
Daniel
www.televisionworks.net
Technical:
I work with the latest Mac X OS
Mac QUAD 4 GIGs of RAM
FCP Studio

Cappy thanks for the answer...
The Connect button is not active.
I was never beeing able to see the entire process from export to import.
Can you confirm I am doing the right steps?
FCP > select clip > right click > name the 3 selections >
export to Shake.
Do the Shake actions...
Select all the nodes, fileout and then go back to FCP
were the clip goes OFF LINE (and the thumbnail does not represent the actions of shake is like a copy of the original fcp clip)
Is there a setting at shake I am missing?
or my dyslexia is kicking in? I know is human error!
Dan

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