Reel builder says 'No projects yet' (but you have projects)

Why the reel builder lists only Portfolio projects, and the two ways to get your finished work into a reel.

The reel builder lists only Portfolio projects, so a picker that reads No Portfolio projects yet almost always means your work lives in Production projects instead. Moving it over takes a few seconds.

What you're seeing

You are building a reel, you open the project picker on the left, and it reads No Portfolio projects yet, even though your Projects page is full of finished work. None of your uploads appear as options to add.

Why it happens

Reels only offer Portfolio projects. Production projects (the default) stay private to your team and never appear in a reel picker.

Every project carries a type. A new project is a Production project, so work in progress stays with your team and out of client-facing surfaces. Reels are the outward-facing surface, so their picker lists only Portfolio projects: the finished work you have chosen to present. When all of your projects are still Production, the reel picker has nothing to list, and it says so.

Fix it

Two ways forward:

1. Create a Portfolio project. Use the Create a Portfolio project button in the empty picker, name it, and add your finished clips. It appears in the reel picker right away.
2. Change an existing project's type. Open the project from the Projects page and use the type control next to its title at the top of the page. Switch it from Production to Portfolio. Expected result: the project and its assets appear in the reel picker on your next visit.

Changing a type moves nothing and deletes nothing: the same assets become available to reels.

Still stuck

If a project is already set to Portfolio and still does not appear, refresh the reel builder first. If it stays missing, contact us from the help button in the bottom-right corner of HoldFast (the Support tab) with the project name, and we will look from our side.