Video Distortion when clip is dropped into timeline

My system: Windows 7 64 bit.
Intel Core I5-2500k [email protected] (4 CPUs)
Memory: 8 Gigs RAM
I am new to using Premiere Elements 10 as this is the first video editing program I have ever worked with however I am very computer literate.
Problem: I have numerous video clips I shot with my camera. I decided to make a project for the fist time using a bunch of clips I shot from a dog show. All of the clips that I shot were in the same format of AVC HD 24M (FX), 1920x1080 (60i). Most of the clips are a few mintues long but two were shot at max video time of 29 mintues (shot with a camera Sony DSC-HX100V). When I dropped these into the timeline and did the smart trim option the video had lighting issues such as flickering and the black images had static. NOTE: I have been successful in getting these two video clips to come out in great quality after trimming when I did this in a separate project by itself.
If I view the vidoes in the project are they play perfectly, its just when I drop them into timeline and trim them that I get the lower quality issues. I have about 20 vidoe clips in the timeline that before trimming are about an hour and a half. After trimming the movie is about 30 mintus. Every clip is great except the two that are longer in length.
Being a new user I am sure I must be doing something wrong. Please help.
Thanks,
Mike

Do you have a redline across the top of the timeline when you first import the clips?
If yes does it run -
the whole length of the timeline? If so you have chosen the wrong project setting.
only across some segments. If yes you are using mixed footage. Press [Enter] to render the redline clips. When done the redline clips will go green and you should get a smoother preview playback.
Note that the render is only to make previews smoother. You don't have to do it as, when you share the footage, the whole project will be rendered. Also note that as you apply effects to a clip it will show a redline across that clip and for smooth preview you should render ( Press [Enter] ).
Cheers,
Neale
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