Spotlight Tool

What the Spotlight Tool does

The Spotlight Tool places a full-canvas dim overlay with a transparent "hole" that keeps one focused area at full brightness while everything else fades to near-black. Use it to isolate a single candle, highlight one section of a multi-setup chart, or guide your audience step-by-step through a complex trade without the distraction of surrounding price action. The hole can be a rectangle with rounded corners or a smooth ellipse, and the entire effect fades in and out cleanly at configurable speeds. Because the spotlight renders as a standard timeline layer, you can stack multiple spotlights to shift focus across different areas of the chart throughout a single video.

Available on Creator.

How to use the Spotlight Tool

1. Select Spotlight from Teaching Tools in the Tools Panel. The overlay is immediately added as a full-canvas layer (1280×720) at the current timeline position.
2. In the Spotlight settings panel, choose Rectangle or Ellipse as the hole shape.
3. Adjust Focus Position (Left / Top offsets) and Focus Size (Width / Height) to position the bright window exactly over the element you want to highlight.
4. Set Dim Strength (how dark the surrounding area becomes) and choose a Dim Colour - pure black for cinema-style focus, or a dark tint that matches your chart background.
5. Configure Fade In and Fade Out durations so the dim effect eases on and off rather than cutting instantly.
6. Trim the layer on the timeline to control exactly how long the spotlight holds before releasing.

When to use it

• Isolate a single entry candle on a busy chart to draw the eye directly to the setup.
• Show three trade examples side by side, then spotlight each one in turn - dimming the other two while you explain it.
• Highlight a specific supply or demand zone on a fully-drawn chart without having to remove other annotations.
• Create a step-by-step trade walkthrough where the spotlight moves from the setup zone to the entry candle to the target level.
• Use on a chart packed with indicators to hide the noise and reveal just the signal you are teaching.

Tips

• Set Dim Strength between 70–85% for a focused but not total blackout - the audience can still sense the surrounding context.
• Use Ellipse shape for a softer, more cinematic spotlight feel; Rectangle works better for charts where you want clean region boundaries.
• Stack two Spotlight layers back-to-back on the timeline - first spotlight over the setup area, second over the entry candle - to walk through a two-step explanation.
• Match Fade In / Fade Out to your speaking pace. A 0.5s fade sounds natural when paired with voice narration. Use 0.0s for a sharp, dramatic reveal.
• Combine with Numbered Point Annotations: place the numbers first, then add a spotlight to highlight each numbered point in sequence.
• Corner Radius on Rectangle mode at 12–20px gives a softer "window" feel that reads better on smaller screens.

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