Spotlight the pointer
Dim everything but a soft circle under the pointer, so the eye goes where you are working. Set its size, darkness, blur and edge. Works in Chrome and Mac takes.
Mac appChrome
Where to find it
- Video editor
- Pro
- Cursor
- Spotlight
- 1Open Cursor › Spotlight in Pro and turn it on.
- 2Set how it looks.
- Radius
- How wide the lit circle is.
- Darkness
- How much the rest is dimmed. Past about 60% the surrounding screen stops being readable.
- Blur
- Blurs everything outside the circle. Off keeps it sharp.
- Edge softness
- How gradually the circle fades: a hard edge, or a soft vignette.
- Screen only or Whole frame
- Whether the dimming covers just the recording, or the background too.
A step-by-step guide has the same spotlight for its pictures. See Marker, spotlight and zoom.
Read next
Show your clicksEvery click can leave a mark at the pointer: an orb, a ring, a press or a ripple. Pick its size and colour. Works in Chrome and Mac takes.Marker, spotlight and framingSet what every step’s picture shows: a box, ring or spot on the click, a spotlight that dims the rest, and a close-up or the whole screen. Change any one step on its own.
Something not working the way this page says? See Troubleshooting, or start from Getting started.