Text causing distortion on video

[neville_8420]

When introducing text to video, playback is distorted (flickering). Any suggestions on how to fix this problem.

[Steve Grisetti]

Which version of the program are you using?

Have you tried rendering the timeline by pressing the Enter/Return key on your keyboard?

[Nowconfused]

Hi Steve - Tried Enter/Return but to no avail. Downloaded Premiere Elements 2025 online yesterday. Have many movies clips on timeline but as soon as I enter a text it affects the whole timeline with white "jittering". Dissappears when text deleted. Returns with new text line.

[Steve Grisetti]

Which version of the program was the title created in? Are you still editing in that same version or did you convert it to version 2025?

Can you post a screenshot of your timeline showing this problematic clip?

[Nowconfused]

https://youtu.be/AMpuHsGISc8

Completely new version of 2025 - not an update.

[Steve Grisetti]

Sorry.  I don't know why that would happen.

Does it happen with other titles or is it unique to this one?

[Nowconfused]

Happens with all titles including titles inserted without any images on timeline

[Steve Grisetti]

Have you gone to the AMD or nVidia site and ensured you have the latest firmware and drivers for your graphics card? (Don't trust Windows to do it.)

[Nowconfused]

Have intel(R) iris(R) XE Graphics 11th gen drivers. Updated and working fine. Thanks heaps for your advise.

[cuety_kids9354]

I found the solution in my case. The flickering happened when I added text to the video, and it turned out to be related to the hardware acceleration settings. I disabled hardware acceleration in my video editing software, and the flickering stopped. If you're facing a similar issue, try turning off hardware acceleration or updating your graphics drivers—it worked for me.