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People love messing about with cameras. I reckon the second ever photo was some one doing something stupid (first had to be “official” and look good for prosperity). This love of messing about extends to using your iSight on your Mac. Although you can mess around with the filters and effects in PhotoBooth these do get a little boring after a while. Today I have been playing around with Fun Booth (which I am sure I have written about before, but can find no evidence of). It takes image recognition technology and allows you to play with props. Its well fun.

Don Your Party Hats

This app uses any camera connected to your Mac so you can see your lovely face. At this point you can play around. Using various props you can attach them to your face. This app is smart, using image recognition technology it will automatically attach glasses to your eyes and hats on your head etc. It is designed so you can have fun. The technology allows you to move, pull faces and the props will follow you.

There are lots of props to choose from, you can have a random combination of pretty much anything to make your video or image look fun and interesting. You can also add your own props, which allows you to make and great unique videos of yourself. As you can see above, I look quite smart with the glasses and big red nose.

This app does more than just stick funny props on your face. You can make videos and pictures and share them over the Internet using a variety of services such as email, YouTube or iPhoto. You can also connect with a buddy and play using iChat. Its great if you have kids and want to keep them entertained and have some fun.

There are a couple of downsides with this app. It soaks up CPU cycles as if they were going out of fashion. Its CPU intensive, but the app does have a lot of work to do. There is also a limited number of props included with the app, the average user may not be able to make there own high quality images that are found in the program. A larger library would be more useful. Finally I also feel that this app does have a novelty factor that would ware off pretty quickly. However, kids and even adults may enjoy this app as it takes PhotoBooth to another level.

As usual try this app out. It is fun and you should have a plau around with it. It only cost $20 and if you do decided to purchase it is not a massive investment.