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Save an interaction, study a moment, and explain why it matters.

Motion in your feed

Motion references sit alongside screenshots in Discover. Short previews loop silently while visible and pause offscreen. Press the Motion pill to pause or play that preview; open the rest of the card to see the reference. A preview you pause stays paused as you scroll. Reduced-motion and data-saving preferences show a still cover until you choose to play.

On desktop, the reference stays in a fixed three-column view: creator and details on the left, the recording in the center, and Discussion or Annotations on the right. Sidebars scroll independently. Related references open from the details sidebar. Open a clip to watch a silent loop. The timeline lets you scrub or drag across a range to annotate. If you are signed out, a Motion preview carousel explains that an account is needed to view Motion items. Create an account or sign in with an available Google, Apple, or email option. Taste returns you to the clip after authentication.

Upload a recording

Choose images and videos together in the upload window. Phone recordings, desktop interfaces, websites, and cropped details are welcome. You do not need an iPhone-shaped recording.

Accepted files are MP4, MOV, and WebM up to 100 MB. The source can be up to two minutes; select a finished clip between 1 and 30 seconds. Taste preserves the proportions, removes audio, and prepares a smaller preview and a full playback version.

Web uploads default to Public. You can switch individual uploads to Private. Public videos appear in Discover after processing and saving, without a manual approval step. Team Taste identifies the team uploader, while the source field credits the original product.

  1. Choose Inspiration or Portfolio, select your images and recordings together, and continue to prepare the upload. Recordings preview automatically; choose Edit clip to adjust the trim.
  2. Drag the filmstrip edges to trim, scrub to a frame, then choose Use current frame as cover.
  3. Give the video a descriptive name. Optionally link the original app or website, add a note about what caught your eye, and add tags to help you find it later. Check the platform and whether the work is shipped or a concept.
  4. Check the recording for personal information. By uploading, you confirm you have permission to share it and it contains no personal information.
  5. Choose collections or a portfolio project, review the displayed extraction cost, then upload. Design tokens are extracted automatically. Review the results and save.

Annotate a moment or range

Choose Annotate at a moment, or drag across the timeline to select a range. Write in the floating annotation card and optionally tap the video to pin a detail. Drag the card by its title to move it; it starts clear of the timeline. Adjust the blue timeline handles or enter Start and End times. Save annotation records the text, position, and selected moment or range.

During playback, blue numbered pins appear at the relevant moment or range. Single-moment pins last briefly; range pins follow the selected interval. Notes without a specific position appear near the top-right of the recording. Turn off Show during playback in the Annotations sidebar to temporarily hide them. Selecting a pin pauses playback and opens the note; its text stays off the recording until you choose to read it. The sidebar lists your saved notes. Select a note or timeline marker to pause at its moment and read it on the recording. Choose Edit to change the text, move or remove its pin, adjust the time, or turn a moment into a range. Preview range loops the selection; Save changes updates the same note. Cancel keeps the saved version. On a phone, Adjust on timeline temporarily hides the card so you can adjust the handles or time fields; Back to note returns to the same draft. Place pin on video lets you choose a detail.

At 1.24s, the panel settles while the background remains still. Keep that sense of focus, but use our components and respect reduced motion.

Discuss a moment

Use Discussion to talk with other viewers. Attach a moment adds the current timestamp; open Adjust timing to choose an interval. Selecting its time seeks to that moment or loops the range.

Comment visibility follows the reference’s existing permissions. Never put private feedback in a public reference’s comments. Collection discussions retain their own audience; adding a private note does not post a comment.

Automatic design analysis

Web uploads include automatic design analysis, with the credit cost shown before upload. Watching, annotating, and reading a cached result do not consume analysis credits. Signed-in users can watch and annotate accessible clips. Viewing Design breakdown, downloading videos, and opening videos with their breakdowns through MCP are Pro features. Finding Motion references and reading your own annotations through MCP remain free. Download opens an in-place Pro offer for free viewers and saves the processed MP4 for Pro viewers. Taste returns analysis credits if extraction fails.

Video extraction samples up to 12 frames from the trimmed clip. Results contain a summary, visual tokens (such as observed colors and layout characteristics), timestamped observations with confidence, and implementation suggestions. Static image extraction describes one image; video observations describe evidence across sampled moments. It does not recover the original source code, exact fonts, easing curves, or physics. Use the video and your own notes to check its interpretation.

Free accounts have a smaller monthly upload allowance; Pro includes more uploads and analysis credits. If you reach your allowance, Taste offers plan options at that action. Review the displayed trial length, renewal price, and monthly or annual billing before continuing. Payment methods depend on your device and checkout availability.

A temporary processing pause is a service-capacity issue. Upgrading does not bypass it.

How Taste MCP uses Motion

Ask your connected agent to find animations by app, interaction, platform, or color. search_motion_references searches ready community clips, your library, or both, using titles, tags, and other metadata. Discovery is free. Your collections can contain images and Motion together; get_collection identifies each type and supplies the exact arguments for opening a clip, including a reference shared privately through a collection.

Use with Taste MCP also opens a reference-specific handoff you can copy into your coding tool. get_motion_reference requires Pro and a personal Taste connection. It returns an accessible clip’s temporary playback URL, existing analysis, and your private annotations. A free account receives pro_required with an upgrade link and the request to retry after upgrading. Processing, unavailable, private, or unshared clips do not become upgrade prompts. A creator collection connection does not include personal Pro access.

Annotations include timestamp_ms, optional end_timestamp_ms, and media_version. Pin coordinates x/y are normalized from 0 to 1 from the top-left of the image or video frame; empty coordinates mean the whole reference or frame. Range ends are exclusive. get_design_annotations can read your own notes on the Free plan. General token and collection responses do not unlock Pro Motion analysis. Reading existing results or notes starts no paid analysis.

The MCP gallery labels Motion covers as still previews. Ask the agent to open the Motion reader before describing movement, check the recording version, and say whether it can inspect the video. Playback links expire after 60 seconds; reopen the same reference for a fresh link. A playback URL does not guarantee the client can watch it. Uploading, editing notes, and requesting new analysis happen on Taste; the MCP does not yet offer video uploads, frame extraction, or annotation editing.

Try this prompt

Read my notes for this Motion reference. Explain which moment each note refers to and what decision it suggests for this project. State whether you can inspect the relevant frames. Treat my notes as design intent and keep our existing components and accessibility requirements.

If a clip is unavailable

Images and videos share the same web flow: choose files, prepare details, upload and extract, review, then save. Video processing also prepares playback and samples frames for analysis. Keep the upload window open while transferring and processing files. A temporary connection failure can be retried with Resume upload while that window remains open. If you close or reload the window, choose the file again.

During processing, Notify me when ready optionally requests browser notification permission for this batch. Keep Taste open and your device awake; you may switch tabs. The notification means the batch is ready for review, not that it has been finally saved. Failed items produce a needs-attention notification. This is an open-tab notification, not a server push that is guaranteed after closing the tab. A clip can remain unavailable while processing, after its owner changes access, or during a service-capacity pause. Your text notes remain available in your account. If processing fails, try a fresh export within the supported limits.