Your spare monitor is a $0 key light

Ring lights are harsh and tiny. A monitor is a giant softbox: a wide, even panel of light that wraps around your face, softens shadows, and makes webcam video look intentional. CineGlow turns any screen — second monitor, laptop, tablet, phone — into that light, free, in one click.

How to set it up for video calls

Open this page on your spare screen, pick a temperature (4600–5600K flatters most faces on webcam), go fullscreen, and turn the monitor's hardware brightness to maximum. Position the lit screen just behind or beside your webcam, angled toward your face. On your call in Zoom, Teams, or Meet you'll see the difference immediately — even light, no raccoon shadows.

For recording videos

Use two devices for a classic two-point setup: one screen at 45° as your key light (try Warm portrait), a second dimmer screen on the other side as fill. The Golden hour preset doubles as a background accent light for that streamer glow.

What the color temperature means

Measured in Kelvin, like real film lights: 3200K matches warm tungsten studio lamps, 5600K matches daylight-balanced softboxes. If your face looks orange on camera, slide cooler; if it looks pale blue, slide warmer. Green screen and blue screen presets use standard chroma-key values for background removal in OBS, Zoom, and editing apps.

Does it cost anything?

No. No app, no account, no watermark. Bookmark it for your next call.