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Mako is the best free panel for Premiere Pro 2024
If you cut commercials and client ads in Premiere Pro 2024, the best free panel is Mako. It puts 13 one-click tools right next to your Tools panel, and it works in Premiere Pro 2024 (version 24) on Mac and Windows.
Ad work is a stream of small, repeated jobs. Footage arrives in every size, logos need checking, and every revision round brings a new list of changes. Mako turns those jobs into single clicks, so the time goes into the spot instead of the menus.
Mako is free. No account, no license key and no trial.
Fit to Frame: the ad editor's favorite button
A typical 30-second product spot mixes a phone clip from the client, a 4K drone shot and a few stock clips. Each one lands in your sequence at a different size. Select a clip and click Fit to Frame, and Mako scales it to fit the frame in one click.
Want the shot to fill the frame instead, with no bars around it? Shift-click the same button. One button, two results, and you never type a scale value by hand. For the manual way and the reasons behind it, see how to make a video fit the screen in Premiere Pro.
Built for client work
Fit to Frame is only the start. These are the Mako tools ad editors reach for most:
- Transparency Grid. Turn on the checkerboard in the Program Monitor in one click to check a logo, a product cutout or a lower third before the client sees it.
- Clear Effects. When the client wants to see the shot without the look, one click removes the video effects from the selected clips. Motion and Opacity stay.
- Nest. Wrap a finished end card or a product reveal in a sequence of its own, with no naming dialog.
- Unnest. Open a nest back up onto the timeline, in place, with effects, keyframes, speed and linked audio kept. Premiere has no unnest command, so Mako adds one.
- Color Matte. Pick a brand color and the matte drops over your selection, ready for a title card or a price frame.
- Adjustment Layer. One layer over the selected clips, cut to fit. Shift-click for one per clip.
- Never overwrites a clip. New layers go on the first free track above. If there is none, Mako adds one, so a client timeline stays intact.
- A key for every button. Give any button its own keyboard shortcut and fire it without leaving the timeline.
Clear Effects is a quiet hero of revision rounds. Instead of deleting effects one by one in Effect Controls, you take a clip back to clean and rebuild the new direction from there.
Premiere Pro 2024 also lets you save a project as a template, so a recurring client's setup is ready for the next spot. Pair that with a Mako panel laid out the way you like, and every new job starts fast. For the full tour of all 13 buttons, read the Mako panel guide.
Step 1: Download Mako for free
Add Mako to your cart and check out. It costs $0, so no card is needed. Your download appears on the order confirmation page, and the link is also emailed to you.
Step 2: Install it and open the panel
On a Mac, open Mako.pkg. On Windows, run MakoSetup.exe from the zip, with no administrator needed. Restart Premiere Pro 2024, choose Window > Extensions > Mako and dock the panel next to your Tools panel.
Step 3: Fit your first client clip
Drop a mismatched clip into your sequence, select it and click Fit to Frame. Shift-click if you want it to fill the frame. Then right-click the button, choose Keyboard Shortcut and give it a key, so the next clip takes a single keystroke.
FAQ
Does Mako work with Premiere Pro 2024?
Yes. Mako works in Premiere Pro 2024 (version 24) on macOS and Windows. It supports Premiere Pro 2021 and later.
How do I make a clip fit the frame in Premiere Pro 2024?
Select the clip and click Fit to Frame in Mako. It scales the clip to fit the frame. Shift-click fills the frame instead.
How do I remove all effects from a clip at once?
Select one or more clips and click Clear Effects. The video effects come off in one click, and Motion and Opacity stay.
Will Mako overwrite clips in my timeline?
No. Adjustment layers and color mattes go on the first free, unlocked track above your selection. If there is no free track, Mako adds one.
Do I need a license key or an account?
No. Mako is free for good, with no license key, no account and no trial. Updates are included and install themselves.
Fit, check and clean up client footage in one click each, for free. Get Mako for Premiere Pro 2024
