WebcamOnTop allows you to keep the video feed from your favorite web-based camera as the foremost window, so you can always see it when surfing the web, reading e-mail, or working in any application. WebcamOnTop will accept the URL of most any web-enabled camera but was specifically designed to work with WebcamXP software or the AXIS family of cameras/video servers. Also useful to display network monitors, weather radar, or any content that you don't want to miss.

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If your webcam software doesn't exactly impress then River Past Cam can help you get the most out of your camera.

I've lost count of the number of times that I've installed a webcam and the camera hasn't worked for various reasons or the software has just proved cumbersome and useless. Usually, such software gives you very little control over codec standards or compression formats used but Cam Do differs in that it gives you maximum control where all the other fail to. It allows you to specify everything from the file format, codec, and quality of your files, right up to where the audio is taken from. You can define which codec you want to use according to what you are going to use your webcam for - Cinepak, Ideo 4 and 5, Microsoft Video 1, Motion JPEG, DivX and XviD (the developers recommend the latter two for the best speed and quality). Alternatively, audio can be recorded from any source, including microphone, line-in, or speakers and the recording volume can be adjusted manually even during the recording. You've also got full control over the sample rate, channel used, bits per sample, and bitrate as well as control over when the camera is activated due to a scheduler.

For maximum control over your webcam and when and how it is used, Cam Do is an excellent piece of software.

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View any webcam/WDM video source in a small thumb-sized window above your systray. Specify width/height/position with shortcut
(e.g.: "VideoThumb.exe" 320 240 100 300)

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Welcome to the world of webcams. FlashIT provides a simple and reliable way to archive and view webcam photos.

Brief features:

• Saves images
• Auto updating
• Minimizes to the system tray
• Optionally uses If-Modified-Since to help elimate downloading duplicate images.
• Optional duplicate prevention by comparing the last image with the new image
• If the downloaded image is 0 bytes it is automaticlly downloaded again.
• Supports Http Proxy

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Add live Webcam images to your website quickly and easily. WebCam-Control-Center's comprehensive motion detection system and auto-capture makes it easy to monitor any area with your Webcam. Schedule its FTP client to take and upload captures to your website automatically every few seconds, or whenever motion is detected.

It even converts images to JPG or GIF formats before uploading, if you want. You can create AVI movies easily (with or without audio), and preview instantly from a separate window, while controlling frame rates. Additionally, take pictures with your Webcam and date stamp or put captions on the shots. Its intuitive interface and small footprint makes video taking a snap, whether you're a novice or an advanced user. A ZDNET Five Star Shareware and Killer Download.

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If you want a simple, no hassle and free program to use your webcam, then Pryme is exactly what you're looking for. This software is very simple and easy to use. You can quickly create your profile and even capture an image or video.

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Dorgem is a webcam capture application for Windows 9x and up. Any Video for Windows compatible webcam (or other digital camera) is supported. It has unlimited storage events that can put the captured image on an FTP site as well as a local disk, all with their own time interval. It can put a unlimited texts and bitmaps on the captured image before the image is stored. Dorgem supports an unlimited number of simultaneous cameras. It has a built-in webserver for still images and can be used as security camera because of its motion detection.

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booruWebCam is a simple program to use your webcam. It is simple to use and takes up very few of your PC's resources. booruWebCam is great for beginners and for those who don't want to get bogged down in extra features and options.

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LogiSphere lets you have your own web server for publishing images taken by your web cam, and in doing so you can not only share moments with your family or friends but also use the program as a security system.

The program comes with a wide variety of options, such as taking images every so often and publishing them to a web address or automatically sending you an email in the case of the camera detecting movement. You may also save all the recordings to the hard-drive or to an FTP server, create a video stream and much more.

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CamTrack is a unique webcam software that enhances the way people video chat. Amuse your friends with funny animations and webcam emoticons. Keep your face centered automatically with automatic Face Tracking. Improve the quality of your webcam picture with noise reduction or share pictures with your friends through your webcam.

Features of CamTrack:

• Webcam animations
• Text overlays
• Picture overlays
• Face tracking
• Video noise reduction
• Easy and friendly to use

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CamSplitter software allows to use one webcam driver and device in multiple applications without locking the device. This software is designed to work like a bridge between one webcam device and several webcam software applications.

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Webcam Greetings Studio is a small application which lets you create beautiful video e-greetings with an original design, straight from your desktop camera and in a very easy way. The program offers you a colorful way to express yourself in video and surprise your friends and relatives.

For special occasions or just for fun

Webcam greetings is a new way to communicate with family, friends, business colleagues, customers and anybody else, your emails never looked like this before!

Create hilarious gags in just seconds

Webcam Greetings helps you create better content and get higher viewing ratings for your webcam videos on the web, try it out and see immediate results, your audience will be craving for more!

No need to wait for him/her to read emails

Surprise your friends wherever they may be, in real time! Make someone special laugh to his mobile screen just because you can!

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Not long ago, webcams were mainly used for holding videoconferences over the Internet. Now there's a wide choice of software applications that allow you to make the most of your webcam, ranging from surveillance tools to image-capture utilities and also featuring fun webcam apps like Snap.

The aim behind an application like Snap is, in fact, quite simple: take pictures with your webcam and add effects to them. But beyond that simplicity, Snap stands out for being extremely easy to use and obtaining fun results in no time.

Once installed, launch the program and you'll immediately see the image taken by your webcam. That is, you don't need to configure anything nor go through any setup wizard at all. Snap automatically detects your webcam and offers you all its tools to begin playing around. We say "play" because this is what you're going to do with Snap. Don't expect to create serious, professional photo collages like you would do with other graphic editors. Snap is a fun tool, therefore it's intended to obtain casual photo compositions that you can use to play a joke on a friend, create an original avatar for your favourite IM client or design a custom greeting card.

Snap includes quite a variety of filters to apply to your photos, such as night vision, mirror effect, black and white, sepia or cartoon style. Using them is a cinch: just select a given filter, see what it looks like in the preview window and click on the snap button to capture the image if you like the result. Snapshots are automatically saved in a specified folder, but unfortunately you can't to select their size or format.

Besides filters, Snap also offers a bunch of clipart graphics that you can add to your photos to liven them up, as easy as dragging and dropping them anywhere on the image. You can resize and rotate these graphics simply with your mouse, to make them fit your pictures perfectly.

Although you can use the program just to save customized webcam snapshots, Snap also enables you to share these pictures by uploading them to their own photo hosting service, Snapstrip. Simply turn the sharing option on and enter a valid e-mail address in the program's settings. You'll receive a message with a link to view your photos online and share them with your friends. It's a pity Snap is not compatible with other popular online photo systems, like Flickr. We also missed the possibility to do more with our pictures, like printing them or sending them by e-mail.

All in all, Snap is an incredibly easy-to-use application that can provide hours of fun with just a webcam and some creativity. Give it a try and you won't be disappointed.

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CamZoomer is an add-on application that fits in between your webcam application(s) and a real webcam driver. It takes video from a real webcam (in the maximum allowed resolution) and transfers it to the webcam application.

This allows CamZoomer to do 2x ZOOM without any loss of quality. Using digital zoom allows CamZoomer to zoom in even further, up to 8x magnification, with still exceptionally high quality. This virtual zooming technique looks just like the real thing. The same resolution-changing technique allows for extremely effective emulation of panning and tilting your camera

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One of the biggest temptations when chatting on the Internet is playing a joke on the person you're talking to. And AV WebCam Morpher can be a really good help.

AV WebCam Morpher is especially designed for video chats. The program replaces your current webcam video signal with a fake video loop that shows a completely different person. This means that it'll be this character's face – and not yours – the one that will appear on the video window on whichever IM client you're using.

You can choose between different people in AV WebCam Morpher. Video loops are quite elaborate: people on them play a very credible role while pretending to be typing on a keyboard or looking at the screen. What's more, AV WebCam Morpher includes a smiley menu with which you can make them laugh, dance, grin and many other visual gestures that are part of body language.

AV WebCam Morpher is quite easy to set up, and is also compatible with popular IM clients such as Yahoo Messenger, Skype, Camfrog, PalTalk Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. On the downside, its interface could be greatly improved.

With AV WebCam Morpher you can play a funny joke on your video IM client pretending to be someone else.

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CyberLink YouCam is one of those applications that allows you to add wacky and bizarre effects to your webcam chats and conversations.

You can do just about anything from turning yourself into Abraham Lincoln to a talking dog to shock, surprise and even disgust your friends. It works in conjunction with Windows Live Messenger, Skype, Yahoo Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger. CyberLink YouCam doesn't just stick a dogs face in front of yours however. It uses facial-tracking 3D avatars that mimic the real movements of your face so it actually looks pretty good (except the dog, it has to be said).

There are two different modes to choose from - Live Chat Mode which allows you to pepper your chats with video effects; Video and Photo Capture Mode - this allows you to record yourself on video, capture a single photo, or photo burst. And finally, Automatic Capture which records videos by setting your recording time, or to starting with the detection of motion.

CyberLink YouCam is a fun tool that will spice up any webchat conversation, although some of the effects are clearly more realistic than others.

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