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SnagIt 9 Tutorial:

Open Captures Tray Tips

Learn more about the options found in Editor's Open Captures Tray.

Helpful Information Displayed in the Tray

The Tray displays the following information about your capture or a saved media file.

1. The X,Y coordinates of the image in relation to the entire canvas display in the status bar at the bottom, left corner of the Tray. The dimensional size and color depth of the image also appears here.
2. The file format of all media files displays in the lower left corner of the thumbnails.
3. An orange starburst appears next to the thumbnail when you modify a saved image or text file. Saving the file removes the starburst.
   
4. Hover over a thumbnail to see an enlarged view.
5. The enlarged view displays the name of the saved file and the file dimensions. (Unsaved captures do not display a name.)

How Long do Captures Remain in the Tray?

By default, captures and media files remain in the Tray until you accrue 25 captures. Then, as you continue to gather new captures, the older ones begin to drop out of view. However, these captures are not deleted. To view unsaved captures or saved files, click SnagIt Editor > Search Pane > Tags tab > Recent captures. The media files appear in the Library as you move through the search results.

The following captures or media files never drop out of view:

• Saved media files with unsaved changes.
• The capture or media file currently active.

Customize the Open Captures Tray

SnagIt Button > Editor Options button > Advanced button > Advanced Settings screen.

The number of captures and media files stored in the Tray and the duration of how long they remain in the Tray is based on the following setting in the Advanced Settings screen.

• The default setting is More often. This setting stores 25 capture or media files before they begin to drop out of view after about one hour.
• The Less Often setting stores 100 captures or media files before they begin to drop out of view after about one week.

Enable the Remove all items from the Tray when closing Editor option to remove captures or media files from the Tray each time you close Editor.

Do I need to Save the Captures in the Tray?

When capturing, the Tray automatically stores the captures. Captures with annotations or edits do not need to be saved when exiting Editor. Just close Editor and when you reopen, the captures will be just like you left them.

The Tray may also contain media files that have been opened via the SnagIt Button > Open option or from the Library. If you modify these files, you must save or the discard the changes before you can close Editor. Modified files appear with a starburst on the thumbnail. Once the changes are saved, the starburst is removed.

When Should I Save Captures in the Tray?

If you need to access the capture outside of Editor, you need to save the file. For example, to insert a graphic as a link using Microsoft Word, you need to save the capture as a file.

Drag from the tray into an Open Capture or Image File

Combine captures or image files by dragging a thumbnail from the Tray onto an open capture or file.
Open the capture or file that you want to drag into. Then:

1. Click and drag the thumbnail to include onto the canvas…
2. … and drop it there. It is now a vector object.
3. The thumbnail of the open capture updates in the Tray to reflect the changes.
   

Resize the tray

Drag the divider between the Tray and the canvas.

Copy a Capture or Media File to the Clipboard

1. Right-click a thumbnail to access the context menu.
2. Click Copy. The entire capture or media file is copied to the Clipboard. 

Close a Capture or Media File

1. Right-click a thumbnail to access the context menu.
2. Click Close.

-Or-

Click the Close icon in the corner of a thumbnail.

View a Capture or Media File

Double-click a thumbnail to view the full size capture or media file.

Change the Thumbnail Display Size

Right-click a thumbnail > Thumbnail size > Select Small, Medium, or Large.

Delete a Capture or Media File

Delete permanently deletes a saved file or a stored capture. You cannot open deleted captures and files at a later time.

1. Right-click a thumbnail > Delete. You are prompted to confirm the delete action.
2. Click Yes to delete.

View a Snapshot of the Captures in the Tray

Click the Quick View button to see a snapshot view of all the media content in the Tray.

• Use the scroll bars to move up and down through the Quick View box.
• Click on a thumbnail in the Quick View box to view one of the media files.