Video Booth for Windows

User Reviews

• Can't save, low quality, tries to install bloatware

  spatula7575December 24, 2014

  Pros

  Doesn't try to set your house on fire.

  Cons

  With the free version you can't even save your snapshots. Sharing on Facebook requires giving more permission to the app than it deserves. Quality is poor. Tries to install the Yahoo Toolbar and change your homepage to Yahoo.

  Summary

  Another piece of junkware that greatly overestimates its complexity and importance. This is functionality that you get for free, included with the operating system, on a Mac, so no, you don't get to act like it's the most important application in the world and charge a lot of money for it. And not even letting people save their pictures in the free version? Douchey. Completely douchey. It's bad enough it tries to change your home page and install the worthless Yahoo toolbar unless you select a 'custom' installation. Uninstalled it quickly. What a load of crap.

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• not worth the effort

  maxzeeMarch 16, 2014

  Pros

  none that I can see

  Cons

  As others have stated cannot save unless you purchase upgrade

  Summary

  Dont waste your time.

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• Perfect for kids

  smayherNovember 21, 2013

  Pros

  Easy for kids to use. Over 20 effects on the free version. Easy countdown feature for camera and video.

  Cons

  Download pictures requires purchase

  Summary

  I'm the Data Technician for a non-profit preschool program and I'm doing a technology tour for our 3 and 4 year-old. We have a handful of kid-sized PC tablet computers just the right size for little kids. The computers have a webcam camera attached. I needed a software package that would take advantage of the webcam feature. After a simple search on the internet, I found Video Booth (www.my-video-booth.com). The site explained that you only get some basic effects and updates with the free version, but I wouldn't be able to export the pictures. The free version would be enough for me to try on the computers and see how the kids would react. It was a big hit! The kids were able to navigate over 20 different effects of photo manipulation, including color schemes, mirrors and warping, and background scenes. The kids were beyond excited to preview themselves and their friends in comical scenes and making silly expressions. The most popular scenes were the movie theater, the art museum and the news room. The different scene effects brought in new vocabulary for the children to try and made reference to their personal lives, like the newspaper or the billboard signs. The kids learned how to angle the camera or move themselves to make the most of the image capture. I saw kids contort themselves, stick out their tongues and strike poses for the camera. Self awareness, self expression and self esteem are all very important at this age of impressionability and self discovery. The children served in our program come from various backgrounds and including knowledge about technology, but they couldn't get enough of Video Booth, snapping picture after picture. The camera button on the program counts down, which helps the kids learn counting in reverse. The screen flashing white informed them that picture was taken and they could review their pictures on the filmstrip below. The computer's 180 degree camera also allowed them to turn the camera on room around them and capture their classmates and teachers in action. The kids have raved to their parents at the end of class and asked me when I could bring the computers back so they could take more pictures. Video Booth on these tiny PCs is helping the children learn math skills and expand their knowledge about technology. It helps build fine motor development as they scroll through the variety of effects and select their scenes and activate the camera. It expands their vocabulary around technology and puts them a step ahead as they learn to use the program on the computer. Video Booth is the best software around.

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• Not Free, keeps prompting to upgrade with every update

  zeke321August 19, 2013

  Pros

  Nothing much really

  Cons

  Bad quality video and sound, can't save unless you get a license, if you get a license it prompts you to "go pro" even after.

  Summary

  I had to get something to complete an emergency project I was given at the last minute. Based on CNET's review, which is OBVIOUSLY shilling for the maker, I got this at the Pro level. I wasn't happy with the quality. A year later I was prompted again for an update and to register the pro version. DATPRO "help" is condescending, rude, and no help at all.

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• Low Quality, /have to pay to use photos

  GiselleXXX123456July 30, 2013

  Pros

  Takes, videos, photos and adds effects

  Cons

  You have to pay to be able to use or export your images. Quslity of video is HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE even when using an HD Camera.

  Summary

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• not free - f**k CNET and VideoBooth

  scla0002July 28, 2013

  Pros

  none. This program, company and CNET are pieces of sh*t.

  Cons

  Spent hours looking for webcam programs that takes pic on delay so I can back away for fully body pictures. This program had so many stars I thought it must be good and I didn't read comments. You can't use the pictures it takes without paying.

  Summary

  CNET used to be a reputable site but now it's just another piece of sh*t, filthy, greedy company in our plutocracy desperately in need of guillotines.

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• Spamware Included

  Wigley0April 25, 2013

  Pros

  I have no idea. I never got to try it out.

  Cons

  Included free with your download is half a dozen spyware applications.

  Summary

  I spent the rest of the day cleaning my computer after installing this.

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• NOT FREE & FALSE ADVERTISEMENT

  NiluferApril 17, 2013

  Pros

  simple, practical

  Cons

  They use the term EXPORT or TRANSFER to mean SAVING a photo/video. But these terms already have their dedicated meanings and this is nothing short of FALSE ADVERTISEMENT!

  Summary

  ABSOLUTE FALSE ADVERTISEMENT! NOT FREE!! CANNOT SAVE VIDEO/PICTURES.

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• Sleazy and not really free

  pbstewart1960April 15, 2013

  Pros

  It appears to work.

  Cons

  Tries to bring lots of crapware along for the ride. If you're not careful, you'll install a bunch of junk you don't really want. The "free" version is so crippled as to be useless; you cannot save pictures or videos to your computer unless you pay for the "Pro" version.

  Summary

  Sleazy and not really free.

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• Full of adware

  queensman124March 23, 2013

  Pros

  installed malware and adware in my computer

  Cons

  installed malware and adware in my computer

  Summary

  installed malware and adware in my computer

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