** The Essential Graphics panel in After Effects allows for more responsive and user-friendly templates, enabling creators to build projects that work with them, not against them. By leveraging this tool, designers can create templates with dynamic features like adjustable duration length and connect data with CSV files.

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Source: https://dev.to/kocreative/project-using-the-essential-graphics-panel-for-next-level-after-effects-templates-5405