Strange flicker situation

Hello All
I have used stll video images before and I have used the flicker filter to get rid of the video flicker or jitter that you get with still images.
But I have this flicker problem I can't get rid of. I added a couple of matte shot to the timeline. So the first video track was a full screen black and white image. The second track was a still of a person that I cut out with a matte filter (Tom's 50 point matte which is really excellent by the way). To that matte shot I added a drop shadow. So the still matte image is fine, but it's the drop shadow that flickers. I have tried every thing but can't seem to get rid of it.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Mike

Hello Al,
Yes, I have tried that filter.
Mike

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