Checking Motion Analysis Status
You can check a clip’s motion analysis status in four locations:
 Overlays in the Canvas or Viewer
 The Background Processes window
 The SmoothCam Browser column (and the SmoothCam property in the Item
Properties window)
 The empty area in the lower-left part of the Viewer Filters tab, to the right of the
Current Timecode field
Overlays in the Canvas or Viewer
An overlay in the Canvas or Viewer displays the current clip’s motion analysis status.
When analysis is complete, the status overlay for the clip is no longer displayed.
The Background Processes Window
The Background Processes window displays the name, queue number, and progress of
motion analysis for each clip in the processing queue.
To display the Background Processes window:
m
Choose Tools > Background Processes.
Status overlay
Number of clips in the
processing queue
Pause/Resume button
Stop button
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The SmoothCam Browser Column
The SmoothCam clip property can be shown in a Browser column, displaying each clip’s
motion analysis status. The SmoothCam Browser column also allows you to submit clips
to the processing queue even if your clips don’t have the SmoothCam filter applied.
To display the SmoothCam Browser column:
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In the Browser, Control-click in any column, then choose SmoothCam from the
shortcut menu.
You can also view the SmoothCam property in the Item Properties window.
To display the SmoothCam property in the Item Properties window:
1
Select a clip in the Browser or Timeline.
2
Choose Edit > Item Properties > Format (or press Command-9).
The SmoothCam property appears as a row in the Item Properties window.