User`s guide
CyberLink YouCam
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or if you want to record a video with different characters. See "Using Avatars"
on page 12 for more information.
• Scenes: a selection of locations where your webcam image is displayed,
such as poster boards, video walls, and movie theater screens.
• Frames: lets you add various stylish and festive borders to your webcam
video.
• Distortions: lets you apply various distortions to the webcam video.
• Filters: lets you apply a filter to the webcam video, changing the
complete look of the webcam image.
Note: some of the available filters use face tracking technology to apply the filter to just
your face or head. Select the various filters to set your hair on fire, apply a mosaic effect to
just your face, and more.
Sorting Effects
You can sort and move around all of the effects to your liking by simply dragging
and dropping them to location you want.
Adding and Applying Effects
To add or apply an effect to your live webcam video, do this:
1. Select the button in the YouCam tool bar to display the Effects Room.
2. Select the effect that you want to add or apply to webcam image.
3. Emotion effects are added to the webcam video temporarily and will disappear
after a few seconds. All other effects such as gadgets, avatars and filters, etc.
remain applied to your webcam image until you select another applied effect
or you select the button in the YouCam tool bar.
Using Avatars
To use an avatar on your live web cam video, do this:
1. Position your face in the center of the webcam preview window.