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Your camera is only as good as your light, and most rooms don't have it. Apple's screen "edge light" only works in video calls. Ring Light for Mac works in every app (Zoom, Meet, Teams, WhatsApp), on any Mac. It turns your screen into a bright, soft ring of light around your video, so your face is lit, not lost in the dark. Fully customizable: brightness, warm-to-cool color, size, and shape, all a click away. One click on. Free, pay what you want.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Arihant, and this is my first app.
I run a small studio, and almost everyone we work with lives on camera: speakers, coaches, creators. The #1 thing quietly wrecking their video wasn't the camera. It was the light.
Apple has a "studio light" effect, but it only works in FaceTime, on newer Macs. I wanted something that works everywhere, for everyone, with zero gear.
So I built Ring Light for Mac. It turns your screen into a bright, soft ring of light around your call window, so your face is lit instead of lost in the dark.
→ Works in every app: WhatsApp, Zoom, Meet, Teams. Any Mac (macOS 12+)
→ Brightness, warmth, size, and shape, all a click away
→ Lives in your menu bar. One click on, one click off
→ Tiny, native, no account, no tracking
It's stupidly simple to use, and it's free, pay what you want. If it makes your next call look better, that's the win.
This is the first of a few small tools we're building for people on camera. Would love your feedback. AMA 🙌
the concept is clever but I'm skeptical about real-world lighting quality. a ring light works because it's a physical source in front of your face - using your screen as the light source puts illumination below or to the side depending on your setup, which can actually be less flattering than good overhead ambient. what's the practical lux output vs a $20 clip-on ring light? also curious about the MacBook battery hit from running screen at full brightness for a 1hr call.
About Ring Light for Mac on Product Hunt
“Good light on camera, in every app, on any mac.”
Ring Light for Mac was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 6 upvotes and 4 comments, placing #33 on the daily leaderboard. Your camera is only as good as your light, and most rooms don't have it. Apple's screen "edge light" only works in video calls. Ring Light for Mac works in every app (Zoom, Meet, Teams, WhatsApp), on any Mac. It turns your screen into a bright, soft ring of light around your video, so your face is lit, not lost in the dark. Fully customizable: brightness, warm-to-cool color, size, and shape, all a click away. One click on. Free, pay what you want.
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