The slideshow examples above show Spotlight used with another effect; Ethereal to increase the tonal light diffusion in the desired areas where the spotlight will strike.

Spotlight adds a wide assortment of streaming light sources onto your image. It can be used with or without a masked selection to light the background or foreground subject.

Using Spotlight you can give images atmosphere and greatly enhance the tone and feel by selectively highlighting and shading the desired areas.

Spotlight can be used to both shade and light areas. The light source can appear to stream in through mist and dust and has dozens of available ray styles to choose from.