Dim the Mac screen around your cursor with a flashlight

How to turn it on

Use the Flashlight card on the Features tab, the Studio list in the menu bar, or the hotkey. Studio Mode, the master switch for the Studio features, turns on with it.

What you can change

• Mode: Dim surroundings, Brighten lit area, or Both. The default is Dim surroundings.
• Size: 60 to 400 pt. The default is 160.
• Softness: 0 to 100%. The default is 50%.
• Dim surroundings: 20% to 95%. The default is 70%. It shows when the mode dims.
• Brighten lit area: 10% to 100%. The default is 60%. It shows when the mode brightens.

Hotkey

The default is Control+Option+Command+F. You can change it on the Flashlight card, and it only works while Studio Mode is on.

Permissions

None. Flashlight does not ask for Screen Recording, Accessibility or Input Monitoring.

Good to know

• With more than one display, the circle of light is on the display that holds the cursor. Every other display shows the plain dim.
• The brighten glow is white, so it is most visible on dark or medium content.
• It is an overlay, so it does not change your real display brightness.
• Screen shares and recordings show the overlay.
• To dim around a fixed rectangle instead of the cursor, use Focus Spotlight, a free tool.