Standard Skype Messenger Featureslimited To expand the functionality, you need to install complementary applications for Skype. Programs can change the voice of the caller, distort the video image, add visual effects, record conversations. In this case, the interlocutor does not guess that the audio recording of the conversation will be saved.
Splitcam
Splitcam is a free utility.It can be used for Skype. Programs like Splitcam work directly with the video stream, so their scope is not limited to the popular instant messenger Skype. In addition to the basic features, the application allows you to decorate the finished video with bright effects that will add dynamics and humor to the footage.
Functionality of the program:
Broadcast from one webcam into severalindividual applications. With this feature, you can communicate simultaneously with several users, conduct a conference, and broadcast videos to various online services. Moreover, all these functions can be enabled simultaneously.
Совершая видеозвонки по "Скайпу", программу можно use both to change the background, and to apply various effects to the caller's face. Splitcam will distort the features, replace the face with another object from the extensive collection built into the application, apply the effect of "curved mirror".
Splitcam - утилита, которая умеет делать three-dimensional video processing. This functionality is rarely built into the program for "Skype". A face change begins with specifying key points for mask binding. After processing, the head of the person will be replaced by the head of the animal or cartoon character. The video will display not just a drawing, but a three-dimensional model that completely repeats the movements of the user.
Zoom (digital zoom in the selected area of the screen).
Splitcam - demanding hardware resourcesprogram for "Skype". Real-time face change is a resource-intensive task, so the resolution of a modified video stream can be both minimal and high. It depends only on the performance of the computer.
Additional Features
In addition to Skype, the program works withmost other modern instant messengers that support the exchange of video streams. As well as services such as Livestream, ICQ and YouTube. Working with already recorded video, connecting via IP remotely to cameras and many other functions make the program popular and in demand.
Webcammax
Webcammax has a much smaller setfunctions, if we talk about its free version. But the possibilities of this program designed for Skype can be easily expanded by purchasing the full version. Webcammax works directly with a webcam and is not only compatible with Skype messenger.
The following video effects are available to the user:
fog that reduces image clarity and makes it difficult to recognize faces;
inscriptions that can be applied to different parts of the screen;
2D masks covering the user's face directly;
distortion of features.
FaceRig and CyberLink
The functionality of the program designed for SkypeFaceRig is primarily aimed at changing the entire image. Instead of a person, a cartoon or video game character is displayed on a unique background. Replacement is performed in 3D mode, so the utility will not work for weak computers.
Another utility, CyberLink YouCam, can change and distort faces not only in video, but also in photos.
Данные программы, конечно же, обладают гораздо less features than previously described. But the main advantage of low-functional tools is free of charge. For an extended set of features you usually have to pay.
In Skype, there are no built-in utilities fordistortion of persons is not provided, so those people who want to play their friends or seek for some reason to preserve anonymity will have to choose between low-functional and free software and programs with wide capabilities, but requiring a purchase.
