Snapshot of a single bank of Direct Selects

Question

I am trying to create a menuing system similar to David Kane's in the Effects Organization video: 
 https://youtu.be/XpBXQz4Oge4?t=345 
 In both his personal file, and the one he's using for the tutorials, he mentions a snapshot for a single bank of direct selects (in the demo file it's Effects, in his own file is Custom Direct Selects). 
 I cannot figure out how to make this happen. When he shows the effects navigation on the right screen of the console, it takes up an entire tab frame. I have figured out how to make that work. However, he then reuses those Custom Direct Selects on the left console screen, it is 1 of 4 direct select banks. The bottom 3 operate independently from the top one.

Unless he is making every permutation of screenshot between the bottom section and the top (29 options for the bottom x (at least) 36 options above = 1044 screenshots minimum), I can't figure it out. 
 Any one know how to make a screenshot of a single Direct Select bank?

Eric Dieckman · Accepted Answer

I believe I have figured out the answer. For the top "menu" system, David is utilizing just a single "page" of Custom Direct Selects. For every menu page, he re-populates the same 5x10 page of tiles. Each time, takes a snapshot of ONLY the Custom Direct Selects - no visible workspaces, no frames. When recalling those snapshots, he simply needs to have a Custom Direct Select 5x10 page on page 1 (or whatever), open someplace. The snapshot will fill those tiles and nothing else. 
 The rest of the frame is being handled with "regular" snapshots. Clicking on P1, P2, P3, etc recalls a snapshot that has all the Direct Select banks set to a particular page. However, the Custom Direct Select is always set on the same page, and so it doesn't change with each snapshot. 
 I was able to replicate it on my own. Clever guy, that David.

ueliriegg · Answer

changing Direct Selects can be done through snapshots. when recording snapshots look at the top right of your display, it shows the record settings for this snapshot. 
 
 the Workspace choice makes it record how many tabs are there and which kind 
 the Direct select choice makes it record whic category of direct selects you see, what their settings are and which number range of DS objects is visible 
 the Custom DS choice makes it record which target is assignet to which button of a Custom Direct Selects tab 
 and in the tree structure you can choose which tab(s) on which workspaces you want recorded.

Snapshot of a single bank of Direct Selects

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