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YES THAT IS EXACTLY IT!  Thank you very much for your guidance Borate!

Thank you Borate!  It is very close to what I need.

The objects are different sizes and shapes of boxes.  So I need the Spotlight effect, but in various polygon shapes.

Do you know a filter that will do that?

There is an array of objects on a table.  I want to cast a shadow over everything except for a specific object being addressed in narration.

I don't want to black-out everything or make it disappear.  I want the rest of the scene visible, but effectively under a shadow so that the subject appears highlighted.

How can this be done?  I can't figure it out.  I have seen it in videos; maybe it requires something more capable than VideoPad?

I have  version 8.96 Pro and I am able to change the duration of a whole sequence of image clips by clicking on the first clip, scrolling over to the last clip and holding down Shift while I click the last clip.

That selects all of them.  Then I right click on any of the clips and choose Change Duration.  The clip preview window opens and highlights the duration in seconds, below the preview.  I type in the duration I want there and hit Enter.  When I do that, all of the clips change duration to match my new duration I just entered.