Ultra Key flickering

Hey,
I'm working on a brand new Mac book pro with 16GB ram and have recently downloaded the new Premier Pro CC (7, I guess).
I'm creating videos with mulitple tracks layered over eachother, one of which is a green screen track which I ultra key out. At the moment, as soon as I apply the ultra Key that track starts to flicker on and off intermitently. Any suggestions of what I can do?
Thanks!

Here Some Details:
- Adobe Premiere CC 2014.0 (Build 8.0.0 (169)
- Apple OS X 10.9.3
- Source MTS-File 1920x1080 25fps
- Output: H.264 1920x1080 25fps (same bad result in all tested other formats)
- Worked before with the same Project in CC 7.2
- using Mercury Playback Engine GPU Accelerated
- The Preview in the working area is ok, without any flickering

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I urge you to help, because I have created in this converted project already a new movie and this can only export to said error.
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Here Some Details:
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- Apple OS X 10.9.3
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Here's my comuter specs
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Memory 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6750M 1024 MB
Serial Number C02FC7GZDF91
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You can see a screen capture of one of the offending frames here, I varified that it is
http://fredhunsberger.com/people/White%20Noise%20Mess.jpg
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Ultra Key Settings
Output - Composite
Setting - Aggressive
MATTE GENERATION
Transparency - 40
Highlight -10
Shadow - 55
Tolerance - 90
Pedestal - 50
MATTE CLEANUP
CHOKE - 10
Soften - 10
Contrast - 10
Mid Point - 50.00
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Best, Fred

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the_wine_snob wrote:
Out of curiosity, have you used the Roto-brush in AE yet? I know that this is the PrPro forum, but mentioning Keys, got me thinking.
Thanks for reporting from the trenches. Be careful, as I think they are firing live ammo over your head...
Hunt
From my limited experience with Rotobrush, it works really well. There's a lot of factors that go into getting a good roto, but from the few clips I've tried it on, it has worked really well. I fixed a shot for a project my wife was doing - interview with someone who was very underexposed. Used Rotobrush on the subject, adjusted the brightness on him, and laid it back into the color corrected shot...it took all of maybe 20 minutes (it was a short interview clip).
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Hello,
I am a total newbie, and am working on learning to use my new green screen & lights :-) So far, I am able to get the vast majority of the green out.
Here is a shot of the green background:
Here is my background:
Here is my end result:
You'll notice the fuzzy remanants of the green screen after using Ultra Key filter.
How do I get rid of this? Any help is much appreciated
Thanks,

You do need to start of with a relatvely uncreased, evenly lit backdrop. I can see why you're having problems.
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