Tiny Imps
Pictures
From a browser or a screenshot, transparency kept.
Paste Imp Coming soon
Paste anything into Premiere
Copy a picture or a file anywhere, press Ctrl+V in Premiere, and it's on your timeline.
- Windows 10 / 11
- Mac coming soon
- Premiere Pro 26 · tested on 26.5.2
How it works
- Copy a picture, a screenshot or a file.
- Press Ctrl+V in Premiere.
- It lands at the playhead on the first empty track.
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What it pastes
Files
From Explorer. WebM, AV1, OGG, SVG and other formats Premiere can't open are converted first.
In and Out
Set In and Out first and the pasted picture fills that range. Several pictures share it.
Details
- Never overwrites. It uses the first free track at the playhead, even for long clips and several pastes in a row.
- Undo works. One Ctrl+Z takes a paste back.
- Fake transparency removed. A picture with the grey-and-white checkerboard baked in comes in cut out, or as it was if it can't be cut cleanly. On 34 real stock previews: 21 cut out, 13 left alone, none half done.
- Organized. Pasted media goes into a Paste Imp bin and a Paste Imp folder next to the project.
- No duplicates. Pasting the same file again reuses the earlier copy.
- Premiere's own paste still works for clips and text copied inside Premiere.
By hand, or with Paste Imp
By hand in Premiere
- Save the picture or file to a folder.
- In Premiere, File › Import and find it.
- Drag it to the timeline, onto a free track.
- If Premiere can't open the format, convert it in another app first.
With Paste Imp
- Copy it.
- Press Ctrl+V in Premiere.
What it converts
| You copy | You get |
|---|---|
| A picture from a browser or a screenshot | PNG, transparency kept |
| Transparent WebM, animated PNG | ProRes 4444 MOV, transparency kept |
| WebM, AV1, Xvid or DivX AVI, WMV | H.264 MP4 |
| SVG | PNG |
| OGG, FLAC, Opus, WMA | WAV |
| WebP, AVIF, HEIC, JFIF | PNG |
| MKV or FLV holding H.264 or HEVC | MP4, without re-encoding |
| Anything Premiere already opens | Left untouched |
Why Paste Imp
- The real Ctrl+V. Two keys. AnyPaste needs a ring gesture and a pick; Arrow and Dopple a shortcut or a panel click.
- Checked not to overwrite. Long clips, pastes in a row, two sound streams: your timeline stays as it was. Arrow offers an overwrite mode.
- Video and sound, not just pictures. Most free paste tools stop at images.
- Transparency kept. Transparent WebM and animated PNG arrive as ProRes 4444.
Requirements
- Windows 10 (1809 or later) or Windows 11
- Premiere Pro 26 (tested on 26.5.2)
- The Tiny Imps app
Good to know
- Step by step: guide.
- Links must point to a file, or to a page that shares its file (a GIF page, for example). Video and social sites are never downloaded.
- Animated WebP comes in as its first frame. HDR video may look washed out.
- Text isn't pasted. Deleting a linked original takes it offline in Premiere.
- Nothing you paste leaves your computer.