Render time between fcp and motion

I make my own project in motion 3, this project is something like a slideshow but I used a new camera, a light, and the images (png files) in a 3d way. the number of media in the scene is always low, one ore two without filters too. Anyway, when I export the animation directly from motion to a .mov file I obtain a render time very quick, but if I import my motion project in fcp I can't work with this; just the visualization time is prohibitive! than when I export through compressor or directly from fcp tha application crash!
so my question is what elements fcp doesn't like? light? camera? 3d elements?
this time I solved the problem exporting my clip from motion like file.mov but I only move the problem... I cant't archive my project, it's to big!
thank you
G5   Mac OS X (10.4)   8 GB RAM

In my experience, these problems are more likely to crop up when using oversized images. Especially those greater than 2k or 4k (depending on your card). Motion gets a larger "workspace" on its own than when invoked to render from within FCP or Compressor...
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