How to get good slow motion w/FCPX?

Okay, so I've been trying to get some good slow motion video. I'm new to this whole video thing, but I'm fortunate enough to be able to have some cool toys even though I don't know how to use them yet! Anyway, here are my questions (prefaced by some details to help you answer my questions!).
What I'm working with:
Two cameras
1) GoPro shooting at 720p, 60 FPS
2) Canon Vixia HF G10 shooting at 1080i, 60 FPS
- In case my terminology is wrong, the GoPro shoots in 60p, and the Canon shoots at 60i....not sure the best way to describe it.
Editing with:
- FCPX
- I don't have Motion 5 or Compressor yet, but I can get it if its necessary for any reason
Goal that I'm working toward:
- I want to get some smooth "creamy" slow motion footage every now and then when the video I'm making calls for it.
- Here's a couple examples of the type of slow motion I'm hoping to end up with:
- (right about at the 3:10 point)
Problem I'm having:
- With the GoPro (60p), I can only slow down to 50% speed before it starts to look choppy. Slower than that Optical Flow will work a little bit, but it still looks very amateur.
- With the Canon (60i, but much higher quality video), I can barely slow it down at all without it looking choppy and sloppy.
Questions:
- Am I doing something wrong?
- Do I need to download other software?
- Anybody willings to give me a step by step instruction?!
- I'm stumped...any help will be great!
Thanks!

I'm a bit short having time for my tests, but what I found out so far.
• avoid any 'natural motion blurr' in your recordings
• if optional on your device, select super-short shutter speed (<1/1000th), depending on 'action' in front of cam (ever wondered why those demos are preferred in bright sunlight? )
• avoid too high 'angle speed' = too fast too close: if the picture content changes too fast btw. frame#1 and frame#2 the eye is not able to blend the content = stutter
• Optical Flow: excellent on small angle speed, failing on fast angle speed or rotation:
watch my short demo here (YT-link) testing speeds and blending modes:
(recording 720/60p, ~1/1000th shutter speed, Project setting 25p)
• notice the perfect blending of motion far away from cam (player girl in green)
• notice the unwanted 'warp' effects around the player in blue close to cam, esp. legs
• notice the 'wobble' of rotating ball in 10% slowmo ... that is beyond Optical Flows skills
What I've seen so far from the famous TWIXTOR plugin for FCPX/Motion5, it lacks the 'plus' features (e.g. seperating background/layers) and has to be handled as unconvenient as the old version for FC/e (copy/paste clips to lengthen etc). Info: the vers. of Twixtor for FC/e and FC/p differed dramatically!
=> imho, the actual vers. of Twixtor4FCPX isn't worth the 300$ (yepp, three HUNDRED) …
and my personal opinion upon marketing: a plugin shouldn't be more expensive than its host

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