How to capture and record webcam video and add effects to webcam image

Do you want to record your happy time or replay some of your favorite moments, but you don’t have DV or VCR. Don’t worry. Recently, I found a perfect software tool to record webcam video. In this article I would introduce Camersoft Webcam Recorder, which could help you capture webcam video and save as standard AVI video files which you could replay whenever you want. This webcam recorder works just like a VCR and only need a webcam (including internal camera, USB webcam, or other cam devices) connected to your PC. Meanwhile, this software could support windows 7/ Vista/XP/2000/2003/NT etc. It could also enable you to change your webcam effect, add more effects to your webcam during video recording.

Firstly, please make sure you have installed the webcam on your PC.

You could free download the setup file of Camersoft Webcam Recorder from the official website: http://www.camersoft.com/downloads/camersoft-webcam-recorder.exe
And install it on your PC.

Then start up Camersoft Webcam Recorder and the main UI is below:

Select Webcam Source:
The first button on the tool bar is for you to select a webcam source if you have 2 or more webcam devices on your PC.

Record a video:
Now click “Record” button to start recording and the black box on the bottom of UI will show the recorded time. After a while, click “Stop” button and you could see the recorded video file displayed in the list. After recording, you could play the files with your video player software, like

Windows Media Player or other players installed on your PC. Click the “Open folder” button you could find the video files. And if you want to set another folder to save the recorded videos, just click the “Change Folder” button and select a new directory you want.

"Snapshot" function.
If you like the current image when preview video, you can use the “Snapshot” option. Just click the “Snapshot” button, the current webcam image will be saved as BMP files in the same folder of the recorded video files.

Advanced functions: add interesting effects to your webcam:
Compared with other webcam recorder tools, Camersoft Webcam Recorder provides an interesting function for you and enable you change your webcam image appearance or add some special effects on the image. On the left of the main UI is the Categories List and the Effects list, first click one category and all the effects of this group will displayed in the Effects list, and just click one effect picture it could show on the current webcam image. For example:
“Animations”: with this category, you could add some animations on the webcam image, such as a dog, a cat, a butterfly and so on.

“Scenes”: If you select a scene effect, you could find that it seems to put you into a new environment, really very interesting.

“Distortions”: make your image fatter, thinner, and more…

“Faces”: this is most fantastic, it could detect your face automatically and add the effect on it, when you move your head, the effect also move with it, try it now!
“Paint”: Click the “Paint” button and you could doodle on the webcam freely.

Ok, this is the all process of using this software. If you have any issue, feature request or suggestion, please visit the Camersoft Studio website: http://www.camersoft.com/,  and feel free to contact us via the e-mail address: support@camersoft.com. We will reply as soon as possible.