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Motion 5 working very slow

I am working on a Mid 2010 iMac with 8gb RAM and the normal Graphics Card and the proram is painfully slow

I am working in 3D

can anyone offer me some advice


I know I need to upgrade the RAM and this will help but should I change the graphics card as well?

Motion 4, iOS 6

Posted on Dec 28, 2012 7:13 AM

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Posted on Dec 28, 2012 3:23 PM

dapacarter wrote:


I know I need to upgrade the RAM and this will help but should I change the graphics card as well?

More RAM is usually good, but it's probably not something that will produce a night and day performance boost. As I understand it, RAM is most important when you have a composition with many layers.


One work-around is to turn off any layers that aren't critical to your editing. Another is to go to Render and select Resolution and Quality settings that will put less strain on your system – including temporarily turning off reflections, etc.


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As far as upgrading your iMac graphics card, unless you are a DIY wiz, I wouldn't (they're not designed to be replaceable). Plus, you'd void your warranty.


Open Activity Monitor to see what's going on when your system slows. If your free memory drops precipitously, try repairing permissions in Disk Utility.


Try changing the settings and see what effect that has. If you're still unhappy with the performance buy more RAM; you can double your RAM for < $50.


Good luck.


Russ

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Dec 28, 2012 3:23 PM in response to dapacarter

dapacarter wrote:


I know I need to upgrade the RAM and this will help but should I change the graphics card as well?

More RAM is usually good, but it's probably not something that will produce a night and day performance boost. As I understand it, RAM is most important when you have a composition with many layers.


One work-around is to turn off any layers that aren't critical to your editing. Another is to go to Render and select Resolution and Quality settings that will put less strain on your system – including temporarily turning off reflections, etc.


User uploaded file


As far as upgrading your iMac graphics card, unless you are a DIY wiz, I wouldn't (they're not designed to be replaceable). Plus, you'd void your warranty.


Open Activity Monitor to see what's going on when your system slows. If your free memory drops precipitously, try repairing permissions in Disk Utility.


Try changing the settings and see what effect that has. If you're still unhappy with the performance buy more RAM; you can double your RAM for < $50.


Good luck.


Russ

Jan 6, 2013 10:31 PM in response to dapacarter

If your having slow downs you can bake (export) layers that have for example; particles, replicators or heavy lifting filters. Bring the export (ProRes 4444) back into Motion and turn off the layer(s) you just exported.


An i3 iMac may not cut it when it comes to Motion. Motion 5 not only uses ram and the CPU, it uses the GPU too. Adding ram can't hurt it's not a cure-all if the computer itself can't do the job.


Here is Motion performance test I just ran on my iMac:


http://www.ubermediahd.com/blog/?p=137


My computer:

iMac 27" mid-2011

3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7

16GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 4x4GB

2TB Serial ATA Drive + 256GB Solid State Drive

AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5


Motion 5; no ram preview 17 fps, ram preview 47 fps...


Motion 4; no ram preview 24 fps, ram preview 60 fps.

Jan 15, 2013 1:08 PM in response to dapacarter

To bake something is to export and then bring it back into the project or into another project.


Export (ProRes 4444 the layer(s) that is slowing your computer down. Import that back into your project and turn the layers you export off. Me... I open a new project and export that and bring it bring that into the project I'm working on. (I don't want my main project to crash.)


Here's an example... I made a 3D coin in Motion. I used the replicator to make the 3D coin. I exported the 3D coin to ProRes 4444. Imported that into the project for this example.


I have a very fast iMac and the replictor slowed down my computer.


3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7

16GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 4x4GB

2TB Serial ATA Drive + 256GB Solid State Drive

AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5


I don't think there a fast enough Mac to slove your problem...even a MacPro.


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