#3 Time lapse videos

Your web cam can be used to stitch together the photos taken over time at same location to form a video. The resulting effect is of time passing by very quickly, which defines its name. You can get free software Tilaphos at sourceforge.net/ projects/tilaphos or Webcam TimerShot, available on download.cnet. com, can do this without inundating you with too many technical details.

#2 Log in via face recognition

Though it is quite a common feature on laptops to log in with face recognition, if you don’t have this then there are some softwares that will equip your web camera to do this for you. You can download free software from luxand.com/blink or bananascreen.en.softonic.com. Since the software recognises certain points on your face, it doesn't matter if you have a different hairstyle or if you're wearing spectacles. However the flaw is, it also takes your photo to be real-time face and unlocks your PC, since it can't recognise 2D or 3D shapes.

#1 Photos with funny effects

If you have a flare to mischief, then your web cam can get you exactly that. All you need is, go to, www.cameroid.com, and use your web cam to take funny photos, with various filters, distortion effects, scenes or frames. The interesting point is that, you need not download any software, everything is done online.  You can also try out similar effects at www.seenly. com. And you can also get software to create realtime effects while you video chat using Skype or Google Talk. Videoskin.net offers some freeware, while www.webcammax.com and www.shiningmorning.com offer trial versions of their software with thousands of effects.

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