Shake with Motion & Final Cut

I am new to Shake but here's what I want to achieve:
A man is standing in a street in the middle of an earthquake. The Man will be masked out so that the quaking will only affect his surroundings
I have edited it in FCP and I'll use Motion to achieve the 'quaking' effect.
I am thinking I'd export 2 video files (one with the shaking on it, and one without) then bring both in to shake in 2 layers and mask the shaking layer
I'm aware that all 3 applications integrate well together. Is there an easier way?
thanks!
G5 Dual

I was just wondering if you might want something looser (like a circle mask) if the effect tapered off as it got closer to you person.
You can "roto" in motion. It is not the easiest application to do it with, but if its' only a little bit (of course there is no such thing as a little bit of roto) then draw a mask in motion and key frame it's position. Follow the general rules of roto and you can cut out just about anything.
This is going to be easier in Shake and if learning how in Shake is worth the time taken to render a file of the quake from motion and then compositing it in Shake... You decide.
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