Thomaz Moura

Thomaz Moura is an independent Brazilian developer whose open-source utilities focus on quiet, laser-specific Windows workflow tweaks rather than headline-grabbing suites. Spotlight Dimmer, his single published project, exemplifies the approach: a 200 KB background service that listens for desktop focus changes and lowers the brightness of every monitor except the one currently containing the active window. The technique is popular with stock traders who run eight-screen rigs, programmers who keep documentation on a side panel, and livestreamers who want chat windows to fade while games stay vivid. Because the tool manipulates gamma ramps instead of overlay windows, it preserves HDR metadata and avoids the stutter that mirror drivers introduce, so color-critical applications such as Photoshop or DaVinci Resolve continue to report accurate values. Configuration is done through a resident system-tray menu that lets users set per-monitor dim strength, transition speed, and hotkey overrides, while a CLI switch allows IT departments to push preset values through Group Policy. The codebase is MIT-licensed, accepts pull requests for multi-GPU edge cases, and ships as both a portable EXE and a signed MSIX bundle that auto-updates through GitHub Releases. Thomaz Moura’s software is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are delivered via the winget repository, always install the latest build, and can be queued alongside other packages for unattended batch deployment.