Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1259)

About Motion Analysis States
A clip’s motion must be analyzed before you can see the results of the SmoothCam filter.
You can monitor the progress of motion analysis in several locations and even stop
analysis if you need to free up computer processing power.
A clip can have one of four analysis states:
• Unanalyzed: The clip requires analysis but has not yet been analyzed for some reason.
For more information, see “Making Sure Clips Are Analyzed.”
• Analyzing: The clip is currently being analyzed in the processing queue.
• Queued for analysis: The clip has been submitted to the processing queue but has not
yet been analyzed.
• Analysis completed: The clip has a completed motion analysis file on disk.
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.
Status overlay
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