{"id":1646502,"date":"2022-06-29T13:29:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T20:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1646502"},"modified":"2022-06-29T13:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T20:29:55","slug":"how-to-visually-illuminate-an-area-of-interest","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/how-to-visually-illuminate-an-area-of-interest","title":{"rendered":"How to Visually Illuminate an Area of Interest"},"author":6971,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[26451,27361,31301],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-1646502","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-cartography","tag-design","tag-symbology","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Here's how to create a vibrant spotlight effect for your maps' area of interest.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Maps, of course, communicate an incredible amount of information. But sometimes this can be a liability\u2060\u2014each part of the map drawing as much attention as any other.\u00a0 Often you want the map reader to focus their attention to a specific area of the map; the rest of the map can remain for context, but just have a more subdued appearance.<\/p>\n

Here is one way to do this in ArcGIS Pro.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"