1. License Overview

Spotlight FX grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, modify, and publish assets from our plugin for personal and commercial use while you hold a valid Premium Asset license or Free Asset access, or under the existing-project rights described below under our Terms & Conditions.

You may use assets:

• In client work, YouTube videos, ads, social media posts, and internal projects
• Across unlimited channels, platforms, and formats
• Without needing attribution

How Premium Asset licenses work

Each time you download a Premium Asset through Spotlight FX, we issue a Premium Asset license (shown as a license in your account and in My Downloads in the plugin). Some licenses have an expiry date enforced by our systems.

• Monthly subscriptions: access continues until the end of the paid billing period. Assets already imported and used in existing projects remain usable there. Importing subscription-only assets into new projects afterward requires renewed or purchased access.
• Template credits: one template credit licenses one eligible paid template. Claimed templates and their licenses do not expire. You can download and use them in new and existing projects permanently without a subscription. Only unused credits expire 12 months after purchase.
• Residual trials: new public trials are no longer offered, but licenses issued during an existing residual trial expire when that trial ends unless it converts to a paid subscription.
• There is no grace period after a subscription or residual trial ends. New subscription-only imports stop when the paid billing period ends; existing-project use remains permitted. Residual-trial access stops when the trial ends.
• Expired licenses may still appear in My Downloads marked as expired. New imports require renewed or purchased access. This does not remove existing-project rights from paid subscriptions or permanent access from a one-time purchase or claimed template credit.

See our Terms & Conditions for subscription, template credit, residual trial, refund, and one-time purchase of Spotlight FX rules. Refunds: refund requests must be made within 14 calendar days of the paid charge or template credit purchase. Processed refunds expire related Premium Asset licenses immediately; processed template credit refunds may also remove unused refunded credits and expire related credit-funded licenses.

Free Assets

Free Assets do not require a paid plan. They remain available on the free plan unless we remove them from the catalogue.

Existing projects and finished work

Assets already imported and used in projects during your paid subscription remain usable in those existing projects after monthly access ends. Finished exported or rendered work may also continue to be used. This does not grant access to import subscription-only assets into new projects. Assets included with a one-time Spotlight FX purchase and templates claimed with credits remain permanently accessible for new and existing projects.

You still may not share or resell raw templates, effects, or project source files as standalone downloads.

One-time purchase of Spotlight FX

Buying Spotlight FX is a one-time payment. All assets included at purchase and all new library releases added during the first twelve months remain yours to download and use permanently in new and existing projects. Software updates, compatibility fixes and performance improvements continue afterward. New paid library releases after the included year are not automatically added to your permanent library.

Grandfathered accounts

Some older accounts may still have access granted under previous terms. New downloads after our license expiry rules took effect follow the terms above, even if older marketing mentioned keeping downloads forever.

2. What You Can Do

• Use assets in personal or commercial work while your Premium Asset license is valid, while using Free Assets, or under the existing-project rights above
• Edit, combine, or rework assets in your own videos and designs
• Deliver projects to clients using Spotlight FX assets covered by a valid license
• Access assets via our plugin when your license is active
• License eligible paid templates individually by purchasing and spending template credits
• Use assets across unlimited platforms (social, print, web, TV, etc.)
• Keep using assets already imported and used in existing projects during paid monthly access, and finished exported or rendered output, as described in Section 1

3. What You Cannot Do

• Resell or redistribute Spotlight FX assets (as-is or modified)
• Share or re-upload templates, effects, or overlays to marketplaces or download sites
• Use Spotlight FX assets to build a competing plugin, library, or service
• Train AI models or datasets using our content
• Use assets in misleading, unlawful, or harmful content
• Import Premium Assets into new projects after the Premium Asset license has expired (unless you obtain a new valid license with an active plan, one-time purchase of Spotlight FX entitlement, or template credit)
• Treat a subscription or residual-trial download as permanent access for new projects after that access ends (existing-project rights are described in Section 1)

4. Ownership and Attribution

• All assets are owned by Spotlight FX or licensed from creators under agreement
• You are granted the right to use them under a Premium Asset license or Free Asset access, but you do not own the copyright or raw source files
• No attribution is required, but always appreciated

5. Exported and Modified Files

Assets in Spotlight FX are modified, restructured, or technically optimized by our team to work inside the Spotlight FX ecosystem. These may include AEP files, templates, overlays, transitions, or scripts built from licensed or custom-built components. We never distribute unmodified marketplace files or original creator packs.

In the plugin: New imports of subscription-only Premium Assets require active monthly access or purchased access. Assets already imported and used in existing projects during a paid subscription remain usable there. Assets included with a one-time purchase and templates claimed with credits remain permanently accessible.

In completed deliverables: Finished videos or exports you created while the license was valid may continue to be used as described in Section 1, without redistributing raw files.

6. Termination

Spotlight FX may revoke your access if you break these terms or our Terms & Conditions.

When a residual trial or paid subscription ends, the access rules above apply. Claimed templates and assets included with a one-time purchase do not expire. On an approved refund, related Premium Asset licenses expire immediately.

Finished work you created lawfully while a license was valid may still be used as described in Section 1, unless termination is due to your breach of these terms.

7. Questions?

If you are unsure about anything, email us at [email protected]. We are creators too, just ask.