Make your webcam work for you
ArcSoft WebCam Companion is a multifunctional program for your webcam. It carries out various functions, some of them practical, such as photo editing, others fun, like funky frames and masques, and others serious, such as its monitoring mode.
The most basic feature of ArcSoft WebCam Companion is its capture mode, a function that allows you to take photo and video images with your webcam and save, email or print them. There is also an editing feature, but although it allows you to directly upload your videos to YouTube, its editing tools are nothing too amazing.
In terms of fun, ArcSoft WebCam Companion lets you morph yourself with a range of photos and apply fun frames to your image screen, although this feature was not working properly during our test. The masque function, as the morphing is called, is silly but entertaining, and if you get bored of the pre-selected images, you can always make your own template from any .JPEG image.
The monitoring function is one that sets ArcSoft WebCam Companion apart from it competitors. Setting up the feature is easy, and our tests in the Softonic office showed that it works. ArcSoft WebCam Companion keeps an extensive log of all activity detected and can chose notify you by email or FTP if it detects anything to be worried about. A single monitoring session can last for 18 hours, detecting motion, faces or both.
Although you can customize both individual modes and the program as a whole, I came away from ArcSoft WebCam Companion feeling that it didn't have quite as much flexibility and choice as that offered by its competitors. On the plus side, practical, fun and serious is a combination not offered by many and is something that has to stand in its favor.
ArcSoft WebCam Companion offers a good choice of functions, but still left me feeling flat.
User reviews about ArcSoft WebCam Companion
by Sanjit Singh
very good....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... More
by Anonymous
It's unique and i love it..
Lovely application to use. I have enjoyed using it and it's easier to operate.
by Anonymous
Garbage.
I wanted to uninstall it as its not really what I was after but it won't uninstall which is completely unacceptable. Do not download this!
Pros:
Nothing
Cons:
The ability to uninstall it More
by Anonymous
Webcam Campnion 4 - free tria.
Hello,I downloaded the Webcam Campnion 4 free trial last night. It is supposed to provide 30 days of free trial before any committment is made to purchase. I wanted to verify if that would work on my laptop since I have upgraded to Window 7 OS.
To my surprise, as soon as the download was completed and I try to use it, it said that the trial duration has expeired.Would you please provide a trial version that can be tested before I can purchse it?Thanks and best regards More