Our Super-Sized Photo Category is up!

And larger pics isn't the only thing new about it. For easier face positioning, now you can resize, zoom, spin, flip around your webcam video- no need to move your head or camera to get the perfect angle and fit. All you do is click on the photo (or the zoom/rotate button under the sliders), and drag around the box corners that appear around your webcam video. Smooth...

To launch this new format, we team up with LPCoverLover.com to provide some straight-up wacky vintage record album covers. Send your funface lp cover photos to Matthew, and if he posts it on the site you'll get a free LPCoverLover t-shirt- Sweeet...

Special thanks to the fun-maestro Jake from Zoomdoggle.com for his support. Check out the Super-Sized category here....

Obama-fy your MySpace profile

Another little known Obama first of epic proportions (at least to us)- He inaugurates our 1st official MySpace app! He's The Man! Sure, all our FunFaceCam widgets can be added to MySpace already, but now many will be listed in the MySpace app directory as well...

Palin makeover gets around

Palin by a landslide! well, in FunFaceCam votes that is.. Her photo is clearly the most popular for weeks running, big thanks to the most excellent BUST Magazine for the write-up! Also to the widgetbox.com directory, which put the Palin FunFace straight to their 'New & Notable' category. cool!

Made your best FunFace ever?

Just added something new that is pure awesome: now you can get your FunFace pics on a variety of items, like magnets, mugs, notecards, pins, and more! Just look for the link everytime you snap a FunFace, and you'll be taken to a secure store where you can see products adorned with your latest portrait creation.

Created, sold and shipped by zazzle, a company whos been doing this for some time (since '05). but of course to find out firsthand how good they are, as well as the quality of their wares, i ordered a bunch of stuff right away- a few magnets and pins.

the storefront/shopping cart was pretty solid, with checkout simple and secured with typical SSL encryption. options for further customization of the products were available, which is pretty neat.

they claim to ship usually within 24 hours, and i did receive email notice that my order was indeed shipped within that time frame. i got the goods a couple of days later, so that was right on.

the items were quite good quality, and the printing was as expected; that is, reasonable for screen-resolution jpegs (72 dpi for you technical folks). Overall i think it's a very cool and worthy addition to FunFaceCam, so definitely check it out...

Rocking the Sliders

Making FunFaces is super easy, yet at the same time takes some practice to master: matching the color tones as closely as possible, as well as getting just the right face angle and head position. The more perfect the blend, the better the effect (and laughs)!

Skillful use of the sliders makes all the difference, and understanding each one is key to getting it down. I'm still learning myself, and i'll be writing about what i discover here, and at the 'Color Sliders 101' page.

So experiement away- once you get the knack for it you can focus on making the best facial expressions!

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Woot! FunFaceCam is finally out of the sekrit labz and at your service for instant makeovers, identity tweaking, or random photo funnery. Of course, all freee (as in beer). All you need? Any humble webcam, and a recent version of flash player.

A bunch of extra features are in the works, but for now here's a gist of the beta goods:

1. You can embed the compact webcam widgets into your blog, website, or social pages like myspace! Let your friends or readers make their own FunFaces right from your pages.

2. Nifty color adjustment sliders for your webcam picture, so's you can blend or match up tones mo' better.

3. Your FunFaces are hosted for free, and can be automagically embedded into your webpages easily. Or you can share a page of your FunFace for your friends to rate or comment.

4. New FunFaces every week! RSS feeds too for you instant info-gratification types.

I'll be posting latest developments and other miscellaneous stuffs here regularly, as well as responding to your questions, ideas, or whatnots. For more help or info, you can visit the Help/FAQ page.

So til next time, thanks for coming by- now go on and MAKE FUNFACES!