With GlowWorm 1.3, we’re excited to add support for Apple Shortcuts! One of the cool things this enables is integration with physical control decks like the Loupedeck and Stream Deck. In the SonicBunny Labs, we’ve got a Loupedeck for testing, so let’s see how to set up a simple button to activate a scene.

Create a new Apple Shortcut. We’ll call ours ‘Turn on Waves’ because we want to activate a scene called ‘Waves’. (That turns on a rainbow wave on the Labs' Litra Beam LX.) Search for the GlowWorm app in the library sidebar on the right and drag the ‘Activate Scene’ action into the shortcut. Click the ‘Scene’ placeholder and select the scene you’d like to activate. And we’re done with Step 1! You can hit the run button to test the scene.

In the LoupedeckConfig tool, you’re going to add a new Custom entry. From the ‘Custom’ list, select ‘Run Command’. In the ‘Paste path here’ box, you’re going to add the following command:

1/usr/bin/shortcuts || run "Turn on Waves" 

That runs the command line tool shortcuts with the arguments run "Turn on Waves". Loupedeck uses the || to separate the command and the arguments, so don’t leave those out. Remember, ‘Turn on Waves’ is the name of our shortcut in the Shortcuts app, so if you named yours differently, be sure to adjust. You can also run the command /usr/bin/shortcuts list in the terminal to get a list of the name of all your shortcuts.

To finish setting up your new ‘Run Command Action’, pick a name and set the icon. Once you save all that, you can drag it onto a Loupedeck button and you’re ready to go.

In just two simple steps, we can build a shortcut and assign it to a Loupedeck button. Now any GlowWorm scene is ready at the touch of a button. You can use that to bring up your standard lights as Zoom joins a meeting or you can cycle between scenes to highlight extra drama on your Twitch stream.

Let us know if you’ve got feedback or suggestions for better integration between GlowWorm and Apple Shortcuts!

We’re excited to announce GlowWorm 1.3 — the “Take a Shortcut” release!

GlowWorm is now fully Shortcuts enabled! Once GlowWorm 1.3 is installed, you’ll see a new suite of GlowWorm actions in your Apple Shortcuts library. From a shortcut, you can activate a scene or control an individual light. Now you can make a ‘video call’ workflow that pauses your music, activates your ‘Professional’ GlowWorm scene and starts up Zoom.

GlowWorm actions in Shortcuts are fantastic for integrating physical control decks like the Loupedeck or a Stream Deck. Via Shortcuts, you can tie an action to a button and run that action in the background with quick tap. Now you can use GlowWorm to switch scenes on the fly in the middle of your live stream!

GlowWorm actions also let you get a list of your available scenes and lights for even more intricate Shortcuts. Turn on a random light instead of flipping a coin. Make a shortcut to cycle through all your scenes to see which one makes that new sweater really pop! We’re so excited to hear what wild things you come up with.

Enjoy and let us know what you think!

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We’re excited to announce GlowWorm 1.2 — the “Make a Scene” release!

A GlowWorm scene saves all the settings for your lights and lets you restore settings those with a click. Now you can make a scene for work meetings in Zoom that’s very professional and polished but create another scene for Twitch streaming with rainbow colors and wave effects.

We’ve made it really easy to switch scenes too. Of course you can switch from the main GlowWorm interface, but you can also right click on the dock icon to get a list of scenes or enable the new menu bar helper so your GlowWorm scene is only a few clicks away.

With scenes available, we’ve started adding support for automations. Each scene has a URL that you can use to activate it from another app or workflow. For instance, you can assign a scene URL to a Loupedeck button or use it in a script. This is just the beginning for automation, so stay tuned!

The new version also has a few ‘nice to have’ features like the camera preview. You can switch on the camera preview and see how you look with the lighting setup. Using that, you can tweak the settings so they’re just right when it comes time to be on camera for real. We’ve also got a new setting to sync your lights to your Mac’s display so when the Mac goes to sleep, so do the lights. When the Mac wakes up, they’ll pop right back on too. Great for us forgetful types that wander off with the all the gear on.

Enjoy and let us know what you think!

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SonicBunny Software is thrilled to announce the first update of our new app – GlowWorm 1.1!

GlowWorm for your Mac allows you to control your Logitech Litra streaming key lights. GlowWorm is a light weight, fully native Mac utility that makes it quick and easy to configure your lights just the way you need.

The 1.1 update supports all available lights in the Litra family, including:

• Logitech Glow
• Logitech Beam
• Logitech Beam LX light

New features coming soon include:

• Elgato key lights
• Scenes
• Apple Shortcuts and Siri

We’re very excited to make GlowWorm a fast and flexible tool to control your streaming lighting.

Get it on the Mac App Store!




SonicBunny Software is thrilled to announce the initial release of our new app – GlowWorm!

GlowWorm for your Mac allows you to control your Logitech Litra streaming key lights. GlowWorm is a light weight, fully native Mac utility that makes it quick and easy to configure your lights just the way you need.

Our initial release supports the Logitech Glow and Logitech Beam lights. New features coming soon include:

• Logitech Beam LX light
• Elgato key lights
• Scenes
• Apple Shortcuts and Siri

We’re very excited to make GlowWorm a fast and flexible tool to control your streaming lighting.

Get it on the Mac App Store!