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Turn your webcam into a virtual photo booth with tons of options with this program

Turn your webcam into a virtual photo booth with tons of options with this program

Vote: (25 votes)

Program license: Free

Developer: Neave Interactive

Version: 1.6.2

Works under: Windows

Vote:

Program license

(25 votes)

Free

Developer

Version

Neave Interactive

1.6.2

Works under:

Windows

Pros

  • No download needed
  • 80+ filters to choose from

Cons

  • Can’t take video

Webcam Toy is a fun, easy-to-use photo app that uses your built-in or external webcam to take pics instantly.

The app can be ran straight from the website, so you don’t have to download anything to use its functions. Alternately, you can run it as a browser extension for ease of access.

One of the things I like about Webcam Toy is that it has a ton of different effects. You can take your picture straight or you can cycle through dozens of fun filters to give your pics a cool new gloss.

Awesome Effects

Most photo and messaging apps have different effects to overlay over your pics and videos, but few of them have as many visual effects as Webcam Toy – or at least, few free ones do.

With roughly 80 different image effects, there’s a lot of cool and creative ways to shape your photograph.

Many of the effects are pretty standard image manipulation: warping, bending, mirroring, etc. Many more are simple color filters that overlay a different color pallet onto your webcam.

Some of the effects are really cool. Spectrum runs a variety of psychedelic color shifts over your photo, giving you the potential for a lot of cool shots.

Thermal is cool in theory, but doesn’t really work. It shows my bed as red hot and my face cool blue – it’s pretty silly, really.

LSD is a really trippy, awesome filter that reduces the color pallet in some bizarre, fantastic ways. I don’t know if it was inspired by a real drug trip, but it looks fantastic.

The X-Ray filter makes me look like a demon child from Village of the Damned, which is fantastic; this is a great filter for creepy Halloween photos!

The Snow filter is fun because the snowflakes will settle on your nose and eyebrows, and if you shake your head, they move. Fire is brilliant; it detects motion and applies flame-like animations over your face and hands.

A Fun Webcam App

If you’re looking for an easy way to take some fun, creative photos or just goof off, Webcam Toy is a blast. The only downside is that it can only take photos. Taking a video with some of the more elaborate filters would be awesome!

Pros

  • No download needed
  • 80+ filters to choose from

Cons

  • Can’t take video