Thanks for making this request, @Todd_Morgan. I've merged your more recent one with this original one.
As a motion designer myself, I'd also love to see a color palette within AE. In your work, would the palette be simply a place for color swatches to pick colors, or would you expect the ability to manage swatches per project? There is also the question of live links i.e. would you expect to be able to manage color project-wide from a swatches panel?
Thanks for your feedback,
- John, After E
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