A full-screen, browser-based color and lighting environment for video calls, recordings, and ambient backgrounds.
Originally built as a fast personal tool to dial in studio lighting before Zoom meetings. It quickly became useful for background mood, focus sessions, and visual tone control. This repository open-sources the core so others can fork, remix, and extend it.
Live demo: https://studio-lighting.lovable.app
Most lighting problems during video calls are not hardware problems. They are tone, balance, and contrast problems.
Ring lights, panels, and lamps are slow to tune and hard to repeat. This tool acts like a digital lighting reference: instant, repeatable, and adjustable in seconds.
Think of it like a dimmer switch for mood. You do not redesign the room. You change the feel.
One click changes the entire visual tone. No setup, no configuration, no learning curve.
Presets and deterministic palettes let you return to the same lighting feel every time. This matters for consistency across meetings and recordings.
Works with any webcam, monitor, tablet, or display. No dependency on specific lights or gear.
Large, uncluttered visuals reduce distraction and help anchor attention during calls or work sessions.
What started as a lighting reference doubles naturally as:
- ambient background
- mood board
- color exploration surface
This tool intentionally exposes only useful color theory patterns. Each option maps to a predictable visual outcome.
Single hue with lightness variation. Best for calm, professional calls where consistency matters.
Opposing colors on the color wheel. Creates energy and contrast. Useful for creative sessions or expressive backgrounds.
Adjacent colors. Smooth, cohesive, low visual tension. Ideal for long meetings or focus work.
Three evenly spaced hues. Balanced vibrancy without chaos. Good for playful or exploratory moods.
Base color plus neighbors of its complement. More forgiving contrast than pure complementary schemes.
Four evenly spaced hues. Bold and expressive. Best used at lower brightness levels.
Patterns are not decoration. They control light distribution and perception.
- Vertical and Horizontal blends simulate directional lighting
- Diagonal adds movement and tension
- Radial mimics center-weighted light sources
- Conic introduces rotational flow
- Mosaic creates structured separation
Used subtly, these patterns affect perceived depth and warmth without drawing attention to themselves.
- Zoom and video call lighting reference
- Screen-based lighting for webcams
- Ambient background for meetings
- Focus or deep-work sessions
- Design and branding mood boards
- Color palette exploration
- On-screen backlight for recording setups
Instant mood presets such as:
- Night Meeting
- Day Bright
- Happy
- Goth
- Sunset
- Ocean
- Forest
- Fun
Presets are designed to work immediately at full screen.
Open the Customize panel to adjust:
- Base color
- Palette type
- Pattern and blend mode
- Number of colors
- Brightness
- Generated palette with hex values
Advanced controls stay out of the way unless needed.
Built to run cleanly in full screen for:
- secondary monitors
- tablets
- backdrop displays
- screen-based lighting reference
This project is intentionally simple and unopinionated about how it is used.
Fork it to:
- create your own preset library
- embed it into a studio workflow
- add export or sharing features
- integrate with recording setups
No accounts. No tracking. No lock-in.
- Frontend only
- Built with lovable.dev
- Client-side rendering
- No backend
- No cookies or analytics
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/studio-lighting
cd studio-lighting
npm install
npm run devOr deploy directly using lovable.dev.
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MIT License with Attribution.
Use it. Modify it. Ship it. Just provide a shout out to me.
Bradley Ross Normally I work on advanced AI agentic systems and hardcore research but need some mood lighting for video calls Harvard CS, course design / instructor for AI courses, creator of AISP (AI symbolic protocol) - the language for AI https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradaross/