Get distorted from detailing complex mixed images on screen (6)
I believe the answer is:
inlaid
'mixed images on screen' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'get distorted from detailing complex' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'laid' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inlaid that I've seen before include "Set in surface, perhaps a design" , "kind of decorative work" , "(Of gems) embedded" , "Having another material set into it" , "Chased" .)