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we built a ring light. it is just your screen.

ring light for mac casting a soft bright frame around a video call so the face is lit, not lost in the dark

Our clients live on camera. Speakers, coaches, authors: webinars, podcasts, sales calls, course recordings. And the fastest way to look unconvincing on a call is bad light. A great camera does nothing in a dark room.

The usual fix is gear. A clip-on ring light, a stand, a cable, one more thing to buy and position and forget. That is the opposite of how we think. So we built the lazy version.

the lazy fix: your screen is the light

Ring Light for Mac floods your screen with a bright, soft frame around your call window, so your face is lit instead of lost in the dark. A clear cutout sits over the person you are talking to, so the light frames the video and never covers it. It lives in your menu bar. One click on, one click off.

Apple added a screen 'studio light,' but only inside FaceTime and only on newer Macs. Ring Light works in every app: WhatsApp, Zoom, Google Meet, Teams. On any Mac running macOS 12 or later.

every knob, because no two calls are lit the same

the ring light for mac control panel showing light color, brightness, color temperature, frame size, and behavior toggles
the control panel: color, brightness, warm to cool, frame size and shape, plus auto-on during calls.

Set the brightness, warm the light from cool daylight to a cozy evening tone, and size the clear area to match your call window. Switch on auto-on during calls, keep the screen awake while it runs, and launch it at login so it is just there. One shortcut toggles it from anywhere.

why a marketing studio ships software

Because we build for the people we serve, not just decks about them. A studio that understands creators should be able to make the small thing a creator actually needs. This is the first of a few. It is free, pay what you want.

Grab it on Gumroad, or find it on our tools page, and look like yourself on the next call. Even at night.