How to highlight or add arrows in movie

I am making a football highlight movie and I want to "highlight" one player by ideally putting a spotlight (circle) on them or an arrow. Can this be done in iMovie HD or '08 if not any suggestions for accomplishing this would be appreciated.
MH

melopod2007 wrote:
I am making a football highlight movie and I want to "highlight" one player by ideally putting a spotlight (circle) on them or an arrow. ...
read the last entry on my site..
http://karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/im08tricks
iM08 supports tiff or png files with socalled 'alpha cannels' = transparency.. use your preferred paint app and create an arrow on a transparent background.. import that into your iM08 project ... for highlightening a part of the video, create a 'mask', with fully transparent 'light' and a 30% grey to lower unwanted parts ..
iMHD6 supports plug-ins, geethree.com has an excellent 'hilite/obscure' and 'whiteboard' plug-ins, to teach iM such effects..

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