Motion in FCPX - click lag, hanging, tortuously slow rendering

Hello Colleagues,
I have 2 iMacs of different generations, both up-to-spec and up-to-date on OS, FCP, and Motion.
I am experiencing very poor performance when using Motion "generator" graphics: lag, hanging, slow renders, and sometimes even crashing.
I have verified folder permissions, verified fonts, eliminated all converted events/libraries from pre-10.1 - pretty much everything except uninstalling, trashing prefs, and reinstalling fresh.
Still, FCP seems to be FIGHTING ITSELF, with iStat showing that more than half of CPU effort is being used by "system" instead of "user" at any given moment (when Motion assets are present and enabled).
The performance is far poorer than it ever was on FCP7 with Motion 4, and it is far worse than FCP10.0.x with Motion 5 (one of my machines was previously used with FCP7, however, the newer one has been FCPX since its unboxing day in early 2013).
Does anyone have any suggestions for the next step in troubleshooting this problem?
Thanks,
Eric - CoralVision

Yay it's Luis and Russ! Hello colleagues!
Luis: I tink I posted a link to one of the troublesome assets for you, but I limped through the completion of that project by keeping the inspector closed. I still suffered lots o click-lag, spinny balls, and, at the end, an overnight render, but I got through. This was on a 90minute show choir concert that had about 12x 8 second lower 3rds, and about 3 minutes of full screen titles, rolls, and credits. All of the FCP generator assets were made by me from scratch in Motion5. The current post relates to a similar problem, but on a different machine with different assets. The current complaint is from my slightly older iMac (lower power than the new one but still quite capable when using the former versions of this software), and the generators came from Motion projects which were originally created in Motion4. So unless there is something wrong with my practice in using FCPX generators, something in common across the 4 or 5 projects where I have experienced similar problems, I think that a corrupt template is an unlikely explanation.
Russ: I run my systems stock - that is to say that the only 3rd party plugins I have installed are the Canon EOS and XF plugins I use for ingesting media. I don't have any plugins related to MoGraph, editing, rendering, or memory management. These are custom generators that I am creating, chasing the "template" functionality I used to enjoy between Motion and FCP7. So yes, user generated custom generators - and I have had similar problems with several batches of varying complexity and varying origin.
For now I will just have to adapt, observe, and troubleshoot. I have a sneaky feeling that I am doing something wrong in the way I am setting up the motion projects for publication, but I will surely announce it loudly if I learn anything new.
Thanks for checking in, fellows!
Eric D - CoralVision

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<TD align='center'> DAYMONTHREVENUE </TD><TD align='center'> Daily </TD><TD align='left'> 6/23/04 5:20 AM </TD><TD align='left'> 6/23/04 5:39 AM </TD><TD align='center'> SUCCESS </TD><TD align='left'>   </TD>
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<TD align='center'> FADAILYREVENUE </TD><TD align='center'> Daily </TD><TD align='left'> 6/30/04 10:13 AM </TD><TD align='left'> 6/30/04 10:19 AM </TD><TD align='center'> SUCCESS </TD><TD align='left'> RESTART THE PROCESS </TD>
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<TD align='center'> FAONTIMECOMPLIANCE </TD><TD align='center'> Daily </TD><TD align='left'> 7/15/04 2:44 PM </TD><TD align='left'> 7/15/04 2:47 PM </TD><TD align='center'> SUCCESS </TD><TD align='left'>   </TD>
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<TD align='center'> FAPAYROLLLOCS </TD><TD align='center'> WEEKLY </TD><TD align='left'> 6/18/04 4:30 PM </TD><TD align='left'> 6/18/04 4:30 PM </TD><TD align='center'> SUCCESS </TD><TD align='left'> RESTART THE PROCESS </TD>
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<TD align='center'> FAPROCESS </TD><TD align='center'> Daily </TD><TD align='left'> 6/23/04 4:00 AM </TD><TD align='left'> 6/23/04 4:02 AM </TD><TD align='center'> SUCCESS </TD><TD align='left'> RESTART THE PROCESS </TD>
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<TD align='center'> FATIMESHEET </TD><TD align='center'> WEEKLY </TD><TD align='left'> 6/18/04 4:30 PM </TD><TD align='left'> 6/18/04 4:39 PM </TD><TD align='center'> SUCCESS </TD><TD align='left'> CLEAR DB AND RESTART PROCESS </TD>
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<TD align='center'> FAVOLUME </TD><TD align='center'> Daily </TD><TD align='left'> 6/30/04 10:30 AM </TD><TD align='left'> 6/30/04 4:15 PM </TD><TD align='center'> SUCCESS </TD><TD align='left'> RESTART THE PROCESS </TD>
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<TD align='center'> HP_EMPEXTRACT </TD><TD align='center'> Daily </TD><TD align='left'> 7/26/04 7:10 AM </TD><TD align='left'> 7/26/04 7:10 AM </TD><TD align='center'> SUCCESS </TD><TD align='left'> RESTART THE PROCESS </TD>
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<TD align='center'> HP_HOURSLOAD </TD><TD align='center'> Daily </TD><TD align='left'> 7/26/04 7:10 AM </TD><TD align='left'> 7/26/04 7:10 AM </TD><TD align='center'> SUCCESS </TD><TD align='left'> RESTART THE PROCESS </TD>
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<TD align='center'> HP_PUNCHPROCESS </TD><TD align='center'> Daily </TD><TD align='left'> 7/26/04 7:10 AM </TD><TD align='left'> 7/26/04 7:10 AM </TD><TD align='center'> SUCCESS </TD><TD align='left'> RESTART THE PROCESS </TD>
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<TD align='center'> MONTHLYVOLUME </TD><TD align='center'> Monthly </TD><TD align='left'> 6/1/04 12:00 AM </TD><TD align='left'> 6/1/04 12:11 AM </TD><TD align='center'> SUCCESS </TD><TD align='left'> RESTART THE PROCESS </TD>
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<TD align='center'> PREPAIDRATEMAP </TD><TD align='center'> DAILY </TD><TD align='left'> 6/29/04 10:26 AM </TD><TD align='left'> 6/29/04 10:38 AM </TD><TD align='center'> SUCCESS </TD><TD align='left'> RESTART THE PROCESS </TD>
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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
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=> 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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My MBP get slow down frequently with the colour circle come up and need a few minute to resume and hang again. ANd this hang seem can stop the hold machine even for Force quit and Activity Monitor
And it seem most likely that, if I quite Safari and Mail, it will be much better.
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Report Version: 6
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Crashed Thread: 0
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Thanks

If a reboot is clearing some of the problem, you ought to check the capacity and use of your hard disk. How full is this? Anything less than about 20% space may begin to slow things down.
As for the Flash plugin, these do tend to slow Macs down with some sites. You might want to try Click to Flash to restrict the use. And as for CPU use, I saw 120% on a friend's MacBook Pro a couple of days back: too many Facebook games running at the same time.

How to Create a Custom Title in Motion for FCPx

I would like to make something like the "torn edge" title in Fcpx with the following animation; it would move up from the horizon at the bottom of the screen, display the appropriate text for its position in the movie timeline and then drop down and disappear, reversing the same motion as it did at the beginning. No music or sound would be used when the motion happens, but that might be an interesting addition.
What steps would I do to make this happen. I'm new to Motion and want to do some fast track learning.
Would I create the image that I want to animate in photoshop and import it? Or am I way off base?
Thanks.

Why go through the trouble? Just use the Torn Edge title and add the animation to it. Start by right-clicking on the Title in the Title browser in FCPX and select Open a Copy in Motion.
All you need to do is add the animation keyframes to the "components" group (Position > Y). Everything in the title, including the text objects will "follow".
If you'd like, you could add Build In and Build Out Optional markers giving you the option which animations you want to include. To add "timing" markers, no layers can be selected (so click in the layers list on a space where nothing is listed.) Move the playhead to the frame where the animation ends for the animation in and type M, then type Command-Option-M and from the popup Edit Marker dialog, select Type: Build In Optional. Move the playhead to the frame the animation out starts and do the same except select Type: Build Out Optional.
When you're finished, Save As if you want to name it something other than Torn Edge copy. You will need to create or select an existing category (but you can ignore the Theme option.)
It should just take you a few minutes to make the modifications you desire.
If you would like to "reveal" the text objects instead of having then move up into position, Move the Title Text Here and Subtitle Text Here folders out of the components folder into a New Group (select both objects and drag them over the top group in the layers list and position the mouse over towards the checkbox column -- a new group will be automatically created containing the two text objects). Select the Group object and Command-Shift-M to add an image mask. Into the source well, drop the components folder and turn the components folder back on (adding something as a mask causes it to be turned off automatically.)
To really sell the effect, option drag the components group above the text group and turn off "Tan bg" and "PaperTorn". (The animations will be copied as well and will match the original group.) You need another copy of the Torn edge to pass over the text...
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