Screen Scrambles when using iDVD

Sometimes when using iDVD 08 the screen scrambles while I'm putting the DVD menus and such together. It doesn't crash per se, I can still run it, but I can't tell where anything is because the video is scrambled. Restarting my 20" aluminum iMac is the only thing that fixes this problem. It's like living in Windows all over again! Anyone else have this problem? Anyone know of a solution?

+Actually this is often the case when using most software...+
I'm not sure what software you're using, but I cannot think of a single piece of software I've ever used on my Mac that has required me to restart because it routinely messes up the graphics or the computer in any other way. That doesn't happen even in Windows with any single app (although it randomly seems to occur in any app at various times). Maybe you could clarify what you mean about often having to restart when using most software, because that has never been my experience.
I have not burned DVDs or disc images when that has occurred, mainly because I wasn't done editing and could no longer see what was going on well enough to finish the editing process. I have restarted my Mac and then finished the editing process, then burned. All my finished discs have looked like I have expected them to look.
Thanks for everyone's comments. Keep 'em coming!

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