Learn Spotlight FX

Spotlight FX is an Adobe plugin for Premiere Pro and After Effects. It helps video editors create professional videos quickly with tools like transitions, text, overlays, and more. You can download and customize visuals directly in your timeline.

1. Download Spotlight FX from our website.

2. Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions.

3. Open Premiere Pro or After Effects, and you’ll find Spotlight FX in the Extensions panel. (Window > Extensions > Spotlight FX)

Spotlight FX works with the two most recent major versions of After Effects and Premiere Pro, including the latest beta versions. All items are regularly updated for compatibility, and updates happen automatically—no action required.

To uninstall Spotlight FX from your operating system, simply delete the following folders:

Mac:

1. Users/USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.spotlight.fx

2. /Users/USERNAME/Library/Application Support/SpotlightFX

Windows:

1. C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CEP\extensions\com.spotlight.fx

2. C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\SpotlightFX

You keep all assets downloaded during your subscription forever. However, you'll lose access to downloading new items added after your subscription ends.

It depends on where you're working and which panel you're using:

In After Effects:

If you're using the Properties Panel (recommended), just click on the text in the timeline, and the font options will appear in the panel.

If you're using the Essential Graphics Panel, you first need to find the MOGRT composition in "Primary" and then edit the font.

In Premiere Pro (2025 and newer):

Just click on the text item in the timeline, and use the Properties Panel to change the font directly. No need to dig into Essential Graphics anymore.

Important:
You cannot change the font through the Spotlight FX Effects Panel, since Adobe doesn’t allow font access through scripting. To make font changes permanent across duplicates, use the Push button after editing.

In After Effects:

1. Select the Spotlight FX item in the timeline.

2. Open the Spotlight FX Effects Panel, click Import.

3. Choose footage from your Project Window, hit Confirm Selection in the Spotlight FX Effects Panel.

In Premiere Pro:

1. Select your footage in the timeline.

2. Double-click on the Spotlight FX item. Your footage will be added automatically inside the item’s slot.

Use native After Effects tools:

1. Select the transition layer.

2. Right-click → Time > Time Stretch.

3. Set a lower percentage (e.g., 50%) for faster transitions or higher (e.g., 150%) for slower ones.

Spotlight FX uses Intelligent Import:

- If one or more clips are selected, the transition is placed at the In Point of the first selected clip (After Effects or Premiere Pro).

- If no clip is selected, it’s placed at the current playhead position.

If “Collect Assets on Import” is enabled in Spotlight FX Settings, all items are saved next to your project.

If it’s not enabled, After Effects will link the items from the Spotlight FX system folder. To manually collect everything later, use the native After Effects "File > Dependencies > Collect Files" function.

We recommend turning on "Collect Assets on Import" from the beginning to avoid surprises.

Some Spotlight FX items (text items especially) come with blue markers on the layer. These mean the in and out animations are fixed and won’t stretch when you make the layer longer.

But you can still extend the layer to hold the animation on screen longer.

For example:

The animation might take 1 second to come in and 1 second to go out. If you stretch the layer to 30 seconds, the animation still happens at the start and end, and the middle just stays visible.

This lets you control how long the item stays on screen, without messing up the entrance or exit.

You can also use Alt/Option + ] to quickly trim the end of the layer and skip the exit animation if you want.

Yes, and you can choose your preferred method:

1. Use native keyframes on layer properties in the timeline

2. Or keyframe directly in the Spotlight FX Effects Panel (works only in After Effects)

They’re fully synced, so keyframes created in either place will reflect across both.

No. In After Effects, you can:

1. Customize your Spotlight FX item using the Spotlight FX Effects Panel

2. Click Push to save those changes as the new default

3. Duplicate that layer across scenes

Each duplicate will use your custom look by default.

In After Effects, go to Spotlight FX Settings (click on your Avatar > Settings) and enable "Force Import from Beginning". With this setting on, every item you import will be placed at the start of the timeline (0:00), no matter where your playhead is.

This is useful when you're:

- Prototyping or building rough layouts

- Stacking multiple effects on top of each other

- Creating reusable animation blocks

This setting applies only in After Effects and is especially helpful when experimenting or working in batch.

With monthly or yearly subscriptions, you get access while your plan is active. The Pay Once plan gives you permanent access to our entire library forever - everything we have right now is yours to keep. You'll also get all new items we add for the first year. After that, you can continue using your entire library forever, and if you want newly added items, you can get them for $49 for another year of new assets.

Yes, you can cancel monthly or yearly plans anytime. Your access will continue until the end of the billing period.

If you're not satisfied with your purchase, you can request a refund—as long as these conditions are met:

- You purchased a Spotlight FX subscription through our payment processor, LemonSqueezy
- Your refund request is made within 14 days of purchase
- You haven't downloaded more than 10 premium items from your account
- You haven’t used any Spotlight FX items in published or commercial projects (this includes YouTube videos, client work, or any monetized content)

If you believe you're eligible for a refund, you can request one by contacting our support team via email at help@spotlightfx.com.

All plans include full access to Spotlight FX - library of video assets with more than 2300+ fully customizable transitions, effects, elements, collections and workflow tools, ready to be downloaded directly to your timeline. You’ll also get updates, new content, and plugins for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.

The "Pay Once" plan gives you lifetime access to Spotlight FX and all items available at the time of purchase. You'll always receive item updates and plugin improvements. New items added to our library are included for your first year. After that, you can optionally renew access to new items for $49/year while keeping everything you already have.

You keep all assets downloaded during your subscription forever. However, you'll lose access to downloading new items added after your subscription ends.