Now featuring private photo collection for members!

At last, you can save your creations to your own private collection! Just sign-up or sign-in and be sure to hit 'save photo' after you take one, and BAM! Just visit your profile page to view your personal gallery of funface masterpieces!

Let me know what you think!

Wear the Meat Dress

personally if I had to wear a meat outfit, let it be bacon. or maybe steak-umms. not sure if cooked or uncooked, both still seem equally uncomfortable.. but then again, if cooked at least i can eat my way naked. yikes, have i painted too disturbing an image? sorry!

ok fine then, go ahead and try one on yourself- the infamous flesh couture that walked down the red carpet recently by that master of fashion publicity stunts Lady Gaga.



In other minor news, i just put up a 'like' button for the main site on the home page. yeah, real slow on that bandwagon there, but hey, never too late to like i say! I like you too!!

Me Likey

whew i'm way behind in bringing the goods, but sweet new things are comin' up...

in the meantime, that newfangly facebook 'like' button is up (tho i'd prefer 'smitten by' or 'fancying'), plus an easier twitterer dohickey. as usual, let me know what you think!

Halloween!

How could any holiday event be greater for FunFaceCam than Halloween- when fantasy alter-egos come to real life, not just snapshots? To celebrate, a new category of photobooths is up: Costumes! Besides the great photo themes and scenarios, the extra neat thing about it is that you can buy the outfits-- Look for the 'buy it now' button each costume page, and you'll be taken to buycostumes.com, indubitably the best source for everything Halloween.. Join their community section as well and meet some true h'ween fans- and tell them I sent you!

new site stuff

couple o' new bits, the main one being a slightly revamped look. what ya think? let me know with the new feedback/contact form, which should make it way easier to submit ideas, ask questions, get help with problems, or send love (which makes it all worth it :) just click on the tab on the left or at the new top menu, or visit here.

also just added after a bunch of requests is the new search form, on the left on top of the 'new' listing.

keep sending your great feedback, it's what makes funfacecam fun to keep building up and improving. and your support is really important to keep things going, whether it be buying a cup of coffee, checking out the ads, or even just spreading around the laughs with others. Salud!

New Iconic Video Theme!

Proudly co-produced with the awesome Urlesque.com, purveyor of the choicest bits of the web, this new series lets you be the star of some of the web's most (in)famous viral video celebrities, like laughing baby, numa numa, rick(roll) astley, david after dentist, and more! Inspired by their monumental list of The 100 Most Iconic Internet Videos, this marvel team-up was super fun to work on, and i hope you enjoy it too... Check it out!

Yay, check out urlesque.com's feature on it here.

Doin the Twitter

Some folks asked me recently about getting updates on new photobooths on Twitter, and they're right, I've totally slept on setting this up! From here on, I'll diligently twitter new stuff of the funfacecam nature at http://twitter.com/funfacecam.

And to inaugurate this properly, check out these 2 new Twitter Blue Bird photobooths, to personalize your 'Follow Me' buttons and links:




Also, for anyone who has questions, suggestions, local bbq invitations, you can drop me a line in the new contact form....

New 'Hairstyles' category unleashed!

After long nights in the lab, the trial beta version is up and running here... This new category lets you experiment with different hair lengths, colors, and styles instantly without a single scissor snip, or the outrageous salon fees... And as always, totally free.

Hairstyles are organized into Short, Medium, and Long hair length sub-categories. Many are wacky, some retro, a few may even remind you of an old 'do you've tried to forget, but all are definitely fun! I'm not very savvy with style descriptions, but with some googling I think I'm getting some hair terminology down... Please feel free to send me corrections or suggest better ones.

Like the 'super sized' photobooth, it has a rotate/scale feature, allowing you to resize and position the hair overlays however you wish. Click on the image, then click and drag the hair overlay or box corners for the perfect fit..

There's ALOT of hairstyles to come, and I'm posting them up as fast as I can! Have fun with them, and do share the word with friends... :)

Check out the Hairstyle photobooth category here!

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....

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!

3... 2... 1...

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!