There is no motion tracking position selection box.

Hi. I'm using a Mac. 10.8.5. I opened the new AE 2014. I make a new composition 1280 by 720. I open a short clip. I play it through once. I go to animations and select "Track Motion" I select "Track Motion" in the "Tracker" box on the bottom right on the AE program. No motion tracking boxes appear on my clip. I cannot select a point for tracking. Please, how can I fix this? 

Thanks. I was almost ready to uninstall it and re-download it when I noticed I might be using the older AE CC which had it's icon on my dash board instead of the newer AE 2014. So I opened the newer one from applications and everything works fine. Thanks you for your assistance.

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