DemoBitesTemplates
A Spotlight template is its art direction, the typography, motion, color, and pacing that turn your clips into a produced video. There are nine opinionated templates plus a Freeform canvas. Every demo below is a real render.
How templates work
You choose a template when you create a Spotlight, in both the one-click and build-it-yourself paths. Each opinionated template owns its overall look but exposes a few knobs (an accent color, a palette, a toggle) so it still feels like yours. Freeform exposes everything and imposes nothing.
Tip: in the dashboard the template picker plays these same demos beside each thumbnail, so you can preview a style before committing your clips to it.
Keynotekeynote
Dark cinematic launch event.
You control: Accent color, six presets (indigo, cyan, pink, emerald, amber, red).
Editorialeditorial
The release issue, in print.
You control: Corner label text + label color.
Pulsepulse
Loud color blocks, type that hits on the beat.
You control: Per-scene block colors, plus an intro highlight color you can toggle on or off.
Continuumcontinuum
One camera, one world, zero cuts.
You control: Palette, Nebula, Ember, or Mint. Titles float as chips over a single continuous shot.
Productproduct
Your product, dressed like your website.
You control: Palette, Aurora, Citrus, or Orchid, plus a progress bar toggle and a closing CTA line.
Stagestage
A literal spotlight, dark theater, one beam, your product in the light.
You control: No knobs, the template is the taste. Just add clips and titles.
Bulletinbulletin
Breaking-news energy.
You control: Brand pair, Signal red, Sport green, or Amber.
Blueprintblueprint
An engineering schematic come alive.
You control: Tint, Blueprint blue, Graphite, or Chalkboard.
Zinezine
Cut, taped, and hand-drawn.
You control: Paper tone, Kraft, Ivory, or Slate, plus a doodles toggle.
Freeformfreeform
The open canvas.
You control: No opinionated styling, full manual control over every scene, color, and setting.
Picked a look? Head to the editor guide to learn how scenes, music, narration, and the intro/outro come together, or let Make the magic happen assemble it for you.