Odd problem with drop shadows

I shot some footage of a guy in front of a green screen. I got an awesome key and I put him in front of a white background. In order to add a more animated look I want to put a drop shadow behind him. The problem I am experiencing is when I add a cross dissolve in between two cuts. When I add the transition the white background flashes grey and then dips back to white. Any ideas?

I've seen this happen before. It's possible it's a "left over" render that's stuck in FCP's brain. Try highlighting the clips, Control + B on them, then Control + B again. sometimes that will delete the render file associated with that portion.
Or you can try relaunching FCP.

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