GENERAL

A tray is project wide accessible holding area. There are two types of Trays:

• Project Trays - groups of shots / shot references. Project Trays can be used for making a sub-selection of timeline shots that you want e.g. to grade together together using the SCRATCH color tools.
• Gallery Tray - a library of single frame items that contain a color grade and composite setups. Galleries are linked to a particular user and are available from any Project on a system.  

When Opening the Trays in the Construct, only the Project Trays are available. In Chapter - The Player and Chapter - ColorFX the Gallery Trays are discussed in more detail.

MANAGE THE PROJECT TRAY

To select, move, delete or copy a shot in a tray is done the same way as in the timeline - using the control to the right of the tray. Note though that you cannot use the regular Paste button for adding shots. To add shots to the tray you either drag-drop the shots from the timeline into the tray (this creates a copy) or use the Add Reference option.

NAME

You can have any number of groups in the Project Tray. Use the arrow option button to select a Tray Group. Select the New.. option to create a new group and click the textslate to enter a name for the group.

ADD REFERENCE

You can also add shots using the Add Reference button. This will add the currently selected shots to the Tray. When shots are added to the Tray from the timeline this way, they create a live link in the Tray. The shots are not duplicated but rather the new Reference Shot in the Tray is a link back to the original shot, which remains in the timeline. 

DELETE GROUP

Delete the entire current Tray group.