Circle a face, control or small on-screen detail and label it, keeping attention on the footage rather than on the graphic.
Spotlight Ring works when an arrow feels too loud. Drop it over a screen recording to identify a button, over a crowd shot to find a person, or over a replay to mark the decisive detail. The editable label supplies context while the open centre keeps the subject visible.
Keep the label short and neutral, LOOK HERE or THIS ONE, and let the ring do the pointing. Scale the exported layer so the ring sits just outside the subject; a ring that is much bigger than the thing it circles reads as vague. Match the accent to the footage rather than to the brand if contrast is tight.
Spotlight Ring is built at 640 × 360, a 16:9 landscape frame, the shape of a YouTube video, a stream layout and most editing timelines, and runs 3 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 0.9 seconds, holds for 1.3 and clears in 0.8, so cue it a beat before the moment it labels. Export it as an MP4 for a timeline or a feed, a GIF where video will not embed, or a MOV with an alpha channel to lay it over footage with nothing behind it. Renders go up to 4K, and the free plan exports at 720p with a watermark.
Yes when exported as a MOV with alpha. Only the ring and the label are drawn, so whatever sits underneath stays visible and unchanged. An MP4 export fills the background.
When the subject is round or small, a face, a knob, a chip on a board. A ring encloses those without covering them, where an arrow has to touch the edge and can hide the detail.
