Here’s how to use Snapchat effects and filters on your PC, Windows, Mac and computer webcams
Snapchat filters on your computer webcam with Snap Camera
Great news come for all users who love Snapchat, the famous social network that for years has been competing with Instagram and who continually tries to conquer the throne of app most loved and used by young users by offering new and fun features to their audience.
Just a few weeks ago Snapchat launched the real-time filters for cats, while today the social network releases a new and interesting news, however, dedicated to Windows and Mac users.
In fact, for a few hours, Snap Camera has been released, a new application for Windows PC and Mac that allows you to use the nice filters and effects of Snapchat even on computers.
Yes, that’s right: thanks to the free program Snap Camera we can finally use all the filters and the effects that have made Snapchat famous even with the webcam of our computer, regardless of whether the operating system is Windows or Mac.
What does Snap Camera do?
With Snap Camera, as anticipated, we can use the filters that have made Snapchat’s selfie famous on any application or program that we usually use on Windows and Mac PC (both programs and games) using the webcam.
The program integrates perfectly with apps like Skype, Google Hangouts, and Zoom and will allow us to apply many filters and effects in real time to images taken from the webcam of our computer.
All in a simple, fast, automatic and fun, just like Snapchat has always done on our smartphones.
Very interesting to note, among other things, that to use this program it is NOT necessary to have a Snapchat account. So even those who do not use Snapchat on their smartphone can still have fun with lots of filters and effects for the webcam, all available for free.
A video is worth a thousand words, so here’s a demonstration of what you can do with this program:
Before concluding the article, here are the statements of the summits of Snapchat related to the release of this app for computers:
We are excited to announce today the launch of Snap Camera: a free application designed for desktop users in order to invite them to have fun with the lenses while using the computer.
With Snap Camera for desktop, you can choose from hundreds of Lenses, from the most classic made by Snapchat to the new models created daily by Lens Studio from the Lenses Authors community. More streaming and more sharing with the Lenses … today on even more devices.
To get started right away, download the Snap Camera app on your desktop. Snap Camera synchronizes with the camera connected to the computer and works in conjunction with some of the favorite video sharing platforms and apps. From today you can wear Lenses while you record your next Youtube video or while using streaming apps such as Skype, Google Hangouts and OBS. And it does not end there … we have also developed an integration for Snap Camera tailored for streaming on Twitch.
Download Snap Camera for Windows PC and Mac
If you want to try lots of free filters and effects to apply to your webcam, download Snap Camera from the following link. The program is FREE.
Snap Camera | Download
Let us know in the comments at the end of the article what do you think of Snap Camera, one of the best apps to have filters and effects to be applied to the videos taken by the webcam in real time.
Have fun with Snap Camera!