WebcamMax

So, I've been given an offer to try out WebcamMax, post a review, and get a free license for it. I decided to test it.

First off, the cost. It varies in cost from $19.95 (6 mo.) to $49.95 (lifetime) in cost. Kinda spendy when you have a $20 camera, but it does a lot. They do have a 30 day trial, but be warned: There is a large "WebcamMax" banner on the top until you buy it. It gets really annoying to work around it, but it's mainly for trial purposes.

On to the features:

This software is the most powerful and versatile of any I've tried. For webcam software, it cannot be beat. It's the only one that I can find that does multiple screens, multiple lines of text, etc. To most people, this may not seem to be a big deal, but it becomes very important when you want to do things such as show what you're listening to, doing interactive quiz shows, etc.

There is no way to get this for free unless you can find a hack. However, finding these are few and far between in my experiences. Better to pay the fee than to try to get it illegally IMO.

It has a lot of features that are found in free software, also. It improves on these features, however. For example, I can show a movie, a part of the screen, a still image, etc. with Manycam (a free webcam program.) However, it's much easier to use in WebcamMax than Manycam IMO. You can select your feature and it automatically appears. It also can show two features at one.

The other big thing for me is the text feature. With Manycam, you can do it, but it's only one line and fairly basic and hard to work with. WebcamMax allows multiple lines and is overall easier to work with. This is vital when you want to put things in a columnar format instead of just in a row, or when you want to have multiple lines of items because you just have that much text on a line.

It doesn't seem to be too much of a resource hog...I can still do everything I need to do while running it without having any noticeable issues. Granted, I have a faster computer than most (Dell Latitude D830, Core 2 Duo @ 2.40 GHz, 2 GB memory, XP Professional).

Overall, WebcamMax is a great program, but the cost makes it out of the league for most casual webcam users. People who use their webcam extensively, and especially those that do webcam broadcasts with it will find that WebcamMax is a great investment. If you have the money, I highly encourage buying it.