Humorous Software? It's Going To Bust Your Chops

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Do you think software is boring? Think again. Software companies have developed products that change your voice, make funny pictures and even predict your future. Curious? Read on.

AV Voice Changer (Avnex Ltd)
Browbeaten by bad chaps? Not allowed to play adult games? Want nobody to recognize your real identity? Now with AV Voice Changer Software, you not only can escape others' threats but also do “haunt” them the other way round. Like a “ghost”, you can roam freely in voice chat rooms and online games. Being anonymous, you can play tricks on your buddies or, who knows, catch your hubby (or wife) in the act.

No matter they are male or female, young or old, you still can “catch” them with this online voice changer software. Now that you can disguise your voice, playing the role of a passionate gentle man, or a sexy chick, or a naughty teen gal is just as easy as apple pie.

How does this computer voice changer work? Thanks to its Pitch and Timbre table and Equalization settings, AV Voice Changer Software allows you to create unlimited number of pitch-timbre levels. Equalizer and Advanced Tuner can be adjusted accordingly to help normalize the new voice to make it more natural.

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FantaMorph (Abrosoft)
FantaMorph is professional photo-animation software, and yes it's also a valuable and sophisticated toy for personal entertainment. With Abrosoft FantaMorph, creating morphing movie has never been easier and faster! You can do everything a professional animation director does to create amazing images and animations. FantaMorph supports most image formats including BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, TGA, PCX, and even professinal 32bit with alpha formats. Exporting to Image Sequence, AVI, Animated GIF, Flash, and other formats are supported. You can crop, rotate, flip and adjust source image, all with FantaMorph's built-in tools, without having to go to any additional software. It's just plain fun!

Free Download: http://www.deprice.com/abrosoftfantamorph.htm

CrazyTalk (Reallusion)
Your photos are brought to life in amazing animation by fitting them with CrazyTalk's facial morphing technology. Sounds complicated, but CrazyTalk's tools make animating any photo or image extremely easy. Simply match the 4 control points of inside the fitting wizard to the corresponding facial features of your photo. Once the fitting process is complete, CrazyTalk's 3D expression morphing technology is able to apply unlimited expressions and gestures (such as smiling, frowning, crying and laughing) directly to the image.

CrazyTalk's then gives a voice to your photos by allowing them to lipsync with audio recordings and spoken text messages. You can even record your own voice using the built-in audio recording function and your PC microphone. The automatic lipsync can be precisely refined using the CrazyTalk Media Studio Timeline editor allowing you easy access to each lip shape key-frame for custom editing control. Further edit audio once imported or recorded to the Timeline with the Audio Morphing Filter capable of disguising any voice or allowing you to fine tune the voice parameters for a perfect vocal. Once you start, you won't be able to stop

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