Brand Keeper

Keep your client's brand colors, fonts, assets, and notes inside After Effects. One panel. Zero alt-tabbing.

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Description

Stop leaving After Effects to check your brand guidelines

Every motion designer knows the workflow: you're deep in a composition, and you need to verify a hex code, a font weight, or a logo clearance rule. So you alt-tab to Notion. Or open a PDF. Or dig through a browser tab. By the time you're back, the flow is gone.

BrandKeeper fixes this by bringing your brand guidelines directly into After Effects as a native panel.

What BrandKeeper does

BrandKeeper is a brand identity manager that lives inside your After Effects workspace. Create a brand profile once, add your colors, typefaces, font sizes, logo files, and brand rules and everything is available instantly from the panel, every time you open After Effects.

The panel is organized into four focused tabs:

Colors

Store primary and secondary palettes as visual swatches. Click any swatch to instantly copy its HEX code to your clipboard. No more typing color codes from memory or hunting through design files.

Type

Document every typeface in use: font family, role (Heading, Body, Caption), weight, and the exact size system your client requires. Everything in one place, always visible.

Assets

Store your logo files and brand assets in the panel. Click Import next to any file to add it directly into your active After Effects composition, no file browsing, no drag and drop from Finder or Explorer.

Notes

Store global brand rules (tone of voice, usage restrictions, do's and don'ts) alongside comp-specific notes that stay attached to whichever composition you're working on.

Built for real production workflows

  • Brand Library: All brands are saved to a global library on your machine. Switch between clients instantly from the panel dropdown. Your library lives across all projects, it is not tied to a single AEP file.
    • Brand Export and Import : Export any brand profile as a .bkbrand file and hand it off to a colleague, a freelancer, or a client. They import the file into their own BrandKeeper and instantly have access to the same colors, typefaces, assets, and notes, exactly as you defined them. No briefing required, no version mismatch

      Who is BrandKeeper for?

      • Motion designers who work with multiple clients and need quick brand reference during production
        • Freelancers managing a rotating roster of client brands
          • Studio teams where brand consistency across multiple artists matters
            • Anyone who has ever lost focus switching between After Effects and a brand guidelines document

              Technical notes

              • Pure CEP panel — no internet connection required during use
                • Compatible with After Effects 2021–2025
                  • Works on macOS and Windows
                    • Brand data stored locally — your client information never leaves your machine

                      Key Features

                      • One-click HEX copy from color swatches
                        • Primary and secondary color palette organization
                          • Typeface library with role, weight, and size system documentation
                            • Drag-and-drop asset storage with direct import into active composition
                              • Global brand library — create and manage unlimited brands
                                • Per-composition notes alongside global brand rules
                                  • Export brand as .bkbrand file for team sharing
                                    • Import .bkbrand files from teammates or clients instantly
                                      • Cross-platform: macOS and Windows

                                        What's New in v1.2.0

                                        This update is a major overhaul of the Assets tab, plus several improvements to the Colors tab based on user feedback.

                                        Assets

                                        • Multi-file drag-and-drop: drop several files into the panel at once instead of one at a time
                                          • Thumbnail previews for every asset entry so you can see what you are working with at a glance
                                            • Folder system: create, rename, delete, and collapse/expand folders to keep assets organized
                                              • Color marker per folder for visual grouping
                                                • Multi-select assets via Shift+click or Cmd/Ctrl+click, then drag them all into a folder at once
                                                  • Collapse All and Expand All folders with a single button
                                                    • Bulk action bar: select multiple assets and Import to Comp, Remove, or Clear all at once
                                                      • Real-time search and filter with auto-expand of matching folders

                                                        Colors

                                                        • Custom labels per swatch: name your colors "Salmon", "Navy", "Warm Red", or anything that makes sense for your brand
                                                          • Drag-to-reorder color swatches within Primary and Secondary groups

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                                                            Version History

                                                            1.2.0 -

                                                            Jul 1, 2026

                                                            Assets:
                                                            - Multi-file drag-and-drop into the Assets panel
                                                            - Thumbnail previews
                                                            - Folder system: create, rename, delete, and collapse/expand folders
                                                            - Drag assets into folders individually or in bulk
                                                            - Multi-select assets via Shift+click or Cmd/Ctrl+click, then drag to any folder at once
                                                            - Collapse All / Expand All folders with a single button
                                                            - Color marker per folder for visual organization
                                                            - Bulk action bar: Import to Comp, Remove, or Clear all selected assets at once
                                                            - Real-time search and filter with auto-expand matching folders and a clear button

                                                            Colors
                                                            Custom labels for color swatches. Name colors like "Salmon", "Navy", or "Off-White"
                                                            Drag to reorder color swatches within Primary and Secondary groups

                                                            1.0.0 -

                                                            Jun 9, 2026

                                                            Initial Release

                                                            Compatibility

                                                            After Effects

                                                            2026, 2025

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