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Click the analysis indicator (to the left of the transport controls underneath the Canvas).

Click the analysis
indicator to show the
Background Task List.

The Background Task List dialog appears.

Pause button

The Background Task List shows all processes Motion is working on in the background.
Each task is labeled, has a progress bar, and displays text describing how far along the
task is. You may interrupt current and pending operations by pressing the pause button
next to the progress bar.

To pause clip analysis

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In the Background Task List dialog, click the pause button.

Click to pause clip
analysis.

Once paused, a message appears detailing how many frames of the total number of
frames have been processed.

Note: When analysis is paused, projects play back at a much improved speed.

To restart clip analysis

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In the Background Task List dialog, click the analyze/pause button.

Click to restart clip
analysis.

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Chapter 7

Basic Compositing