The new CyberLink YouCam is the perfect companion for your online video chats, supporting Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, or Skype. Think of all the laughs you'll have with your family and friends when combining your webcam with the special effects provided by CyberLink YouCam.

Turn your IM software into a funhouse with 4 different types of video effects: show your feelings instantly with animated emotion effects, apply charming filters or frames for a conversation with a theme, and mix in silly distortions to make you appear bigger, thinner or just weird. YouCam is also a very easy tool for creating display images, avatars, and video clips by capturing photos and videos with your web camera.

Additional effects are available for free on DirectorZone, a user-generated website. Share the fun and upload your videos directly to YouTube or email videos & photos to your recipients. Express yourself online. With YouCam, you certainly can.

Here are some key features of "CyberLink YouCam":

Emotion Effects:
· Animated objects overlaid onto the video produce creative effects on the spot. YouCam features a library of over 20 objects so you can show your feelings instantly.

Frame Effects:
· Just like a photo frame, these effects add a theme to photos or videos. Choose a setting among 9 frames of various styles to match your conversation.

Filter Effects:
· With 9 options to choose from, you can change the tone of the conversation using popular TV-like effects.

Distortion Effects:
· Recreate the fun of your own Coney Island with YouCam's range of eleven distortions. Simulating distorting mirrors, these effects instantly make you appear bigger, thinner, or just weird!

Photo capturing:
· Take single "passport" shots or a strike a sequence of poses with the burst shot feature. YouCam captures your photos as jpegs allowing you to import easily into other applications such as video or photo editing software.

Video capturing:
· Create video cards, news reports, or your own music videos. YouCam captures video and audio using the Windows Media Video format so you can easily play or edit your clips in other video applications.

Applying effects:
· YouCam lets you spice up your videos and photos with the its library of live emotion, distortion, frame and filter effects. Select an effect and capture yourself as a photo or clip. More effects are available for download online.

Emailing to friends:
· YouCam also lets you email videos and photos directly to friends. Click on the Email button and your email software opens with your file automatically attached.

Requirements:

· DirectX 9 or above
· Memory 512 MB (1 GB recommended)
· CPU: Intel Pentium D 3.0 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 3200+ or above
· HDD Space 1 GB required
· VGA Card Intel 945 (Independent graphics card recommended)
· Device Webcam (built-in or external USB)
· Other Software: Instant messaging software with video communication functions, such as Windows Live Messenger, Skype, Yahoo Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger.

Limitations:

· 30 days trial
· Nag screen