{
 "slug": "spotlight-and-tooltip",
 "name": "Spotlight and numbered tooltip",
 "category": "effect",
 "group": "Overlays and inserts",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "The eye goes to one control and knows which step this is.",
 "use_when": "Product walkthroughs and onboarding videos.",
 "phrase": "everything dims except the publish button, a numbered tooltip names the step, the cursor glides in and clicks",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Three to five steps per 10 seconds, the state change shown on screen, then zoom out and reset so the loop closes.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on motion graphics"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "preset-product-walkthrough",
  "live-markup"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "practitioner",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair field notes on motion graphics (walkthroughs studied frame by frame, 28 Oct 2026)"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/effect/spotlight-and-tooltip",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/effect/spotlight-and-tooltip.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me an edit brief: where it goes on the timeline, the exact settings, and what to check before export, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is spotlight and numbered tooltip: the eye goes to one control and knows which step this is. How it works: everything dims except the publish button, a numbered tooltip names the step, the cursor glides in and clicks. It is right for: product walkthroughs and onboarding videos. Three to five steps per 10 seconds, the state change shown on screen, then zoom out and reset so the loop closes. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}