Flickering Video Final Cut Express

Hi! There is a fair amount of flickering when I do cross-fades manually (with superimpositions) on Final Cut Express (the version I have is at least a couple of years old), and I was wondering whether it was playback quality or whether it is something that won't go and if so can I fix it? Or are there better ways to do cross-fades? Thanks!

Hi
For me to understand - I would like to know
• what material was used
• what did You select for kind of protocol e.g. SD-video PAL 16-bit audio - from Easy Set-up
Yours Bengt W

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