SplitCam is an application designed to enable you use the webcam with multiple programs at the same time, also offering some extra goodies to make the whole experience a bit more attractive.

As you may know, a webcam can only be used with a single application, all the other tools returning “webcam busy” errors as soon as you try to enable this particular feature.

But this is where SplitCam comes into play. It tries to split the video to multiple programs, including the most popular instant messengers on the Internet, such as Yahoo Messenger, Skype or Windows Live Messenger.

As we said, it also comes with something special in the form of special effects, letting you add filters, backgrounds, face items, frames and avatars over the streamed video.

Plus, SplitCam can take snapshots of your webcam, either manually or at a given interface.

During our test, SplitCam worked flawlessly every time, managing to send the video we were broadcasting to all the running apps without the need of additional configuration.

And speaking about configuration, SplitCam comes with just a few options, so you won't spend too much time setting it up. The only things you could change are the tooltips (enable or disable) and the startup feature.

In addition, you can choose the video resolution, but also play a little bit with webcam settings to adjust brightness, colors and contrast.

What makes SplitCam so special is the fact that it comes with a freeware license, so it won't hurt your pocket if you decide to give it a try.