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That I can also add, and position wherever I like, picture-in-picture video, custom images, RSS feeds, photo slideshows and pre-recorded video to the confines of my screen is nothing short of revolutionary, and makes a significant difference as to the kind of shows now possible.

#Camtwist image full#

This is, in and of itself, a fantastic addition to the live web video space, bringing screencasting (with full zoom capabilities naturally) into this exciting and ever-growing landscape. But CamTwist goes a few significant steps further.ДЇor one this is the first opportunity I have encountered for me to stream a view of my desktop using the most popular IM and live video platforms. Mogulus and Operator11 add a fair amount of features to the mix, from inter-cutting between recorded and live footage to displaying news tickers at the bottom of the screen. But the focus of the UStream team has been on putting together an effective streaming infrastructure, rather than an extensive production feature-set. Sure UStream has made it really easy for anyone to stream their video across the web, from their home, office, or even on the move. If you are ready to hack your live video stream to add pro-looking effects and tools into the mix, your search may be over.Д¬amTwist makes it easy for you to hijack the built-in iSight or USB camera on your Mac, truly opening up the possibilities of what is possible in your live video broadcasting sessions. In any case, the full range of effects and possibilities opened up by CamTwist supersede anything possible on the current live video broadcasting platforms. And while recently reviewed Mogulus has simple, easy-to-use versions of some of these tools, UStream have kept things bare-bones. In a similar - but vastly superior - style to its Windows-based counterpart WebcamMax, the Mac-only CamTwist lets you hijack your outgoing video stream, add effects and even bring in different sources, such as pre-recorded videos and slideshows. You are not limited to simply broadcasting your face to the world from a webcam.

If you want to add picture-in-picture, watermarking, desktop sharing, RSS feeds, slideshows, videos and a host of visual effects to your web broadcasts all of this and more is now possible. But sometimes the production effects on offer can be limited. Live video broadcasting is taking the web by storm, with services like UStream, Mogulus and Operator11 leading the way.