Cannot use cross dissolve while Matte effect "widescreen" is applied

I have the Matte effect widescreen applied to a clip. It's set to 2.35:1. I also have a dissolve at the beginning of the clip, which does not work when the widescreen effect is applied. Does anyone know why this is?

Doesn't work here either .... don't have time to investigate right now but time enough to check and verify that I can also see the issue ... may be codec, settings specific ... quick workaround is simply to keyframe the clip opacity to create your dissolve / fade up from black

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