What It Does
GrabDrop lets you paste a URL and have the file land in your Premiere Pro Project panel without touching a browser or a Downloads folder. Paste a link from YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, or hundreds of other supported sites, hit download, and the file saves to your chosen location and imports into the project simultaneously.
It works in both Premiere Pro and After Effects on macOS and Windows.
Key Features
One-click URL import. Paste any supported URL and the media downloads and imports in a single action. No intermediary steps.
Audio extraction. Pull audio from any video URL as MP3, WAV, M4A, or AAC. Useful for grabbing a soundtrack or a soundbite without downloading the full video file first.
Clip range trimming. Set a start and end timecode before downloading, so you only pull the exact segment you need rather than the full video.
Subtitle grabbing. Toggle subtitles on during a download and a matching caption file lands alongside the clip, imported as its own track in the project.
Batch downloading. Drop a .csv or .tsv file containing a list of URLs, or paste directly from a spreadsheet. The whole batch processes while you keep editing.
Chapter and playlist support. For chaptered videos, each chapter downloads as its own clip and gets organized into a named bin. For playlists, you get a picker to select only the entries you actually want.
Format conversion. Convert any downloaded file to another video, audio, or image format without leaving the panel.
Who It’s For
GrabDrop fits editors who regularly pull reference footage, licensed music, archival clips, or social media content into projects. It removes the friction of switching between a browser, a download manager, and the Premiere import dialog. The batch mode is particularly handy for documentary or research-heavy projects where you might be working from a large spreadsheet of source URLs.
Pricing
GrabDrop is a one-time purchase at $24.00, sold through aescripts.com. Single user and floating server license options are available. No subscription and no free trial is listed on the product page.