Other uses Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 A softcam is essentially a software based camera . It is a piece of computer software that isn t actually a replacement to a regular webcam but software that allows you to stream or broadcast media files such as BMP, GIF, AVI, WAV and other video formats over video conferencing applications like MSN Messenger , Netmeeting , etc. Some softcam software such as magic camera, manycam allows the user to apply graphics and effects to the video as well. In effect, softcam software allows the user to project media files as though it were live over a webcam. softcam can also refer to a software Conditional access module CAM emulator See also MagicCamera Manycam Category Cameras by type Compu stub hi ... more details
Notability 1 Products date October 2010 Refimprove date October 2009 Infobox web browser name ManyCam Virtual Webcam logo website http www.manycam.com ManyCam Official Website ManyCam is freeware that adds live CGI graphics such as sunglasses or hats to a webcam s output, with those automatically tracking face movements. The name of the software is derived from its feature allowing users to use their webcam with multiple Windows applications simultaneously. It also supports dynamic and static virtual backgrounds, Text Over Video, and Drawing over Video. In version 2.3, virtual 3 D Masks were added. ManyCam can also use the desktop as a webcam. There is also simple module for creating effects included within the software, which mainly consists of adding image files videos and converting them to a ManyCam friendly format. Face effects and backgrounds can also be created. The ManyCam website has a database of more than 7,000 effects, most of which are user generated. ManyCam uses a webcam or video camera as input for the software itself and then replicates itself as an alternative source of input. Because of this, ManyCam works nearly all chat software such as Windows Live Messenger that can find alternative video inputs. On 11 March 2009, a Mac OS X version was released dubbed as 1.0, that supports iSight capture and all the features of version 2.3 On 12 October 2009 version 1.041 with Mac OS X Snow Leopard support was released. Official Windows 7 support was also added around the same time. See also Softcam Category Webcams Category Free video software Software stub ... more details
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