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Where did I use that clip again?

Click any clip in your Project panel and Trace shows every place it's used — which sequences, which timecodes, how long. Then one button selects every instance in your timeline at once.

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Premiere can find your clips.

It just can't act on them.

The Video Usage column tells you a clip is used nine times. It won't select those nine, won't total them, won't follow one into a nest, and won't ignore the four old cuts in your _PREVIOUS bin.

Trace does.

FIND

Every use, everywhere — without turning on a hidden column

SELECT

Select every instance at once — AFFECT ALL DUPLICATES

Press Select all and every use becomes a real Premiere selection at the same moment. Nudge them. Replace them. Delete them. One action instead of nine round trips.

Click a clip. Trace has already scanned the project, so the answer is instant: every sequence it appears in, every use inside each one, with timecode, duration and track. Audio and video shot together count as one use, not two.

FOLLOW

It follows clips into nests, subclips and audio

A clip buried inside a nest that's cut into your master? Trace reports both — the use inside the nest, and where it lands in the sequence you're actually working in, labelled via Nest A. Native reports the first and never mentions the second.

IGNORE

It ignores the cuts you've already archived

If you keep old versions in a _PREVIOUS bin, every native usage list is full of them and there's no way to filter them out. Trace hides them by default and tells you how many.

Trace & Trace+

One clip, or all four hundred.

Both search your entire project. Trace answers for the one clip you select. Trace+ answers for every clip at once — and tells you which ones the project no longer needs.

Switch between the full feature list and a look at both panels side by side.

TraceFree Trace+Paid
One clip, everywhere
Every use, across every sequence✓✓
Select every instance at onceNudge, replace, colour or delete them as one selection✓✓
Totals — uses, sequences, screen time✓✓
Follows clips into nested sequences✓✓
Finds subclips and audio too✓✓
Ignores your archived cuts✓✓
Markers over every use✓✓
Every clip at once
Find media used nowhereNot one clip at a time — all of them, in one pass✕✓
What your archive would weigh without it“610GB of your 840GB project is unused”✕✓
Every clip a sequence reuses✕✓
Duplicate imports of the same file✕✓
Empty bins and orphan sequences✕✓
Offline media, project-wide✕✓
Going deeper on one clip
Which parts you have actually usedThe whole clip drawn, with the untouched stretches showing✕✓
Screen time for every clip — cue sheets, licensing✕✓
Doing something about it
File unused media into _UNUSEDOne undo step. Never deletes anything✕✓
Export a CSV report✕✓

Same clip, two answers

Both show every use of the clip you picked. Trace+ adds the source coverage bar — the whole clip drawn, with the stretches you have never touched left empty. That is how you find the twenty minutes of interview you paid to shoot and never watched.

Trace Interview_A_Take3.mov9 uses · 4 sequences · 3m 12sBrand Film v043 uses00:01:10:044sV100:02:11:045sV200:03:12:046sV1Cutdown 30s2 uses00:01:10:044sV100:02:11:045sV2
Trace Free
Trace+ Interview_A_Take3.mov9 uses · 4 sequences · 3m 12s58% used · longest gap 4m 12sBrand Film v043 uses00:01:10:044sV100:02:11:045sV200:03:12:046sV1Cutdown 30s2 uses00:01:10:044sV100:02:11:045sV2
Trace+ Paid

Nothing selected

Trace waits for you to pick something. Trace+ answers straight away: every clip this sequence leans on, most-reused first — before you have selected anything at all.

Trace Select a clipClick any clip in the Projectpanel to see every placeit is used.
Trace Free
Trace+ Brand Film v047 clips used more than once · 21 usesInterview_A_Take35×Drone_Sunset_024×Bcam_Hands_113×Music_Bed_Alt3×Logo_Sting2×
Trace+ Paid

The whole project

The question Trace deliberately does not ask. Trace+ scans everything in one pass: what is used nowhere, what is duplicated, what is offline — and what all of it weighs. Then it files it away for you. It never deletes anything.

TraceTrace answers aboutone clip at a time.There is no project-wideview — that is Trace+.
Trace Free
Trace+Brand Film — whole project610 GBof 840 GB is unusedUsed nowhere128Only in archived cuts34Duplicate imports19Offline6Empty bins11File 128 items into _UNUSED
Trace+ Paid

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FAQ

  • It follows clips into nests, subclips and audio. A clip buried inside a nest that's cut into your master? Trace reports both — the use inside the nest, and where it lands in the sequence you're actually working in, labelled via Nest A. Native reports the first and never mentions the second.

  • It isn't a media manager — it never moves, renames or deletes a file. It doesn't find unused media or export a report. It won't reveal a clip in your Project panel, because Premiere's plugin API simply doesn't allow it, and it can't resolve merged clips for the same reason — it tells you so rather than quietly reporting a number that's too low.

  • What's the difference between Trace and Trace+?

    Trace answers about one clip. Trace+ answers about all of them.

    Both search your entire project. Select a clip and Trace shows every place it's used — every sequence, every timecode, including inside nested sequences — then selects every instance at once. Trace+ asks the same question for every clip in the project simultaneously, and adds the one Trace can't: what's used nowhere at all, and how much of your project folder that's costing you.

    I already use Trace. Why would I upgrade?

    Because Trace makes you name the clip first. That's fine mid-edit, when you know what you're looking for. It's no help at the end of a job when the question is "what can I throw away?" — that's four hundred clips, one at a time.

    Trace+ does that pass in one go: unused media, duplicate imports, empty bins, and the number that matters — "610GB of your 840GB project is unused." Then it files it all into _UNUSED for you. It never deletes anything.

    Is Trace a trial? Will it stop working?

    No. Trace is free, complete and permanent. No account, no licence key, no expiry, nothing locked behind an upgrade prompt. It does one job properly and it will keep doing it.

    Do I need both installed?

    They're separate panels and they sit side by side happily, but you don't need both — Trace+ does everything Trace does. Every feature in the free panel is in the paid one, so nothing you're used to disappears when you upgrade.

    Which one should I start with?

    Trace. It's free and it's the one you'll reach for mid-edit. If you find yourself wishing it would answer for the whole project rather than one clip at a time, that's exactly the moment Trace+ is for.

    See the comparison table above for the full feature-by-feature breakdown.

  • Works on Mac and Windows. Compatible with Premiere Pro 25.6.0. and later.

  • One-time purchase. 2-seat license.

  • For license, refund and terms and conditions, Please refer to the terms and conditions page.

  • Read the official Help & Documentation.