Overlay and Tension Software for Windows

Movie Media Player Pro ActiveX OCX SDK
$150 - Viscom Software

Powerful media player, video player activex ocx.

Support AMR,Mov, M4a, Mp4, 3gp, Avi, Wmv (window media video), asf, RM (need rm decoder), MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (need decoder), ASF, WAV, MP3, MID File formats.
Bulit in mov,mp4,3gp decoder (Do not need download third party codec pack, some third party codec pack is illegal) .
Video Color Adjustment, contrast, brightness, invert color, saturate, hue, lightness.
WMV, ASF, WMA support change playback rate.
Overlay text and bitmap on video in same time.
Multi-Line Scrolling text on video.
Video Mixing, you can mixing multiple video and playback in same time. User define alpha channel, the area of video layer.
Allow change the audio pitch to male, female, child voices. Useful for karaoke software.
Allow change the audio tempo to speed up or slow down the song.
Overlay text on video. User define scrolling type, alpha value, font size, font name, text color, background color, transparent color.
Overlay image on video. User define scrolling type, alpha value, transparent color.
Audio channel selection.( both, left, right channel).
Custom define cursor on video.
Custom Playback rate. normal playback speed, half speed, twice speed, etc.
Custom View, Full Screen, Double Size.
Fully Control Sound Volume.
Fast Snapshot to BMP, JPG, GIF, TIF, PNG from movie files.(MOV, MP4, 3GP,DIVX, AVI, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, ASF).
Snapshot to memory( Picture Box, HBITMAP handle ) from movie files.(MOV, MP4, 3GP,DIVX, AVI, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, ASF).
Adjust MPEG1 Audio Channel.
Aspect Ratio Control.
Playback events.
Video/Audio file information.(duration, video height,video width)
User Define Display area.
Include VB.Net, Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual Foxpro, Delphi, Web Page Sample Code.
Compatible with any programming language that supports ActiveX (Access, Visual C++ , Visual Basic , Visual Foxpro, Delphi, .Net, etc.)
Royalty free distribution of the OCX file.

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e2eSoft VCam
$29.95 - e2eSoft

VCam is a virtual software camera, which simulates a webcam in your system and works just like a real one. It can be used in most of the applications which use webcam, such as IM software - MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Paltalk, Skype, QQ, UC and many others. You can use it to set images, animations, video clips, flash movies, DVD and even your desktop screen as the output of webcam.

Already have a webcam? VCam can enhance it - replace its background, perform face tracking, add video overlay, text overlay or cool special effects to it, let it be able to be used by several applications at the same time, and make your video chatting more interesting!

Main features:
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- A WDM driver, supports all the VFW and DirectShow applications;
- Support multi-stream output, with different resolutions in good quality;
- High performance algorithm, low CPU usage;
- Based on DirectShow, more media formats supported, higher performance;
- Play list support, user-defined program management, flexible configuration;
- Split up webcam, DV, digital cameras into multi-stream easily;
- Support Image, flash, video file, video capture device and text transparent overlay;
- Many cool video special effects support;
- Webcam background removal;
- Face tracking & smart move effect;
- Screen capture, support hotkey, zoom, full screen capture and using custom cursor;
- Camera default image support, default resolution and frame rate adjustable;
- Enable/Disable/Install/Uninstall the virtual camera driver in the application;
- Easy to use, skin, color scheme support;
- Multi-language support;
- Professional and easy-to-use setup program;
- Automatically check for new version and get latest news of VCam;
- Professional forum for technical support.

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ImagePlacer
$99 - Mapsoft Computer Services Ltd

ImagePlacer is a very powerful publishing tool which allows you to stamp a graphical image onto specified pages within a PDF document. The graphic can be stamped as an overlay, or as a watermark. Overlays appear in the foreground of the appropriate page. Watermarks appear in the background of the appropriate page behind any existing text. Images stamped as an overlay can also be transparent. This means that the text beneath the graphic can still be seen/read.

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EZShellExtensionsMFC
$95 - Sky Software

EZShellExtensionsMFC is a library for fast, painless and easy development in MFC, ATL or plain C++ of Windows shell extensions. It features Visual Studio Project and Item Wizards which generate a ready to build-and-view extensions with all the basic functionality in just a couple of minutes. EZShellExtensions eliminates the time-consuming, error-prone and complicated process of developing shell extensions using an innovative yet simple and easy-to-use object model. EZShellExtensions can be used to develop any kind of shell extensions including context menu extensions, property sheet extensions, infotip extensions, thumbnail extensions, "Send To" extensions, icon extensions, overlay icon extensions, drag-drop extensions, disk cleanup extensions, background menu extensions, drop extensions, Taskbar bands and IE toolbands and explorer bars.

EZShellExtensionsMFC supports fast development of the following shell extensions:

Contextmenu extensions including owner drawn menu items
-Icon extensions
-Overlay icon extensions
-Property sheet extensions
-Column extensions
-Infotip extensions
-Thumbnail extensions
-Dragdrop context menu extensions
-Directory background context menu extensions
-Drop extensions
-SendTo extensions
-Disk Cleanup extensions
-Copy hook extensions
-Taskbar bands
-Internet Explorer toolbands
-Internet Explorer vertical and horizontal bands.

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Screen Tracing Paper
$29.5 - Iconico

Screen Tracing Paper overlays a transparent digital sheet over your PC desktop so that you may trace diagrams and designs, giving you measurement capability in any situation. The application is perfect for engineers working with blueprints and plans who need to measure irregular distances.

Engineers and Designers can see the exact measurements of each shape that is traced so that position, area and circumference can be calculated, with pixel perfect accuracy.

You can use the Screen Tracing Paper either to measure shapes, or to count objects on your screen. If you've ever found yourself pointing to objects on your screen with your finger and trying to count them you'll know how frustrating the task can be. By using the Screen Tracing Paper's pins you can easily count lines of text, words, symbols or snowflakes in a photograph, simply by pointing and clicking. Screen Tracing Paper will automatically draw lines between the points, but you can hide the lines simply by dropping the line and fill transparency down to zero.

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VideoDesktop
$10.99 - Globe Masters Software

VideoDesktop - Overlay Video Wallpaper Player - Screen Saver.
VideoDesktop is a window application that plays the most popular types of video media files (avi/mpg), at the background of the primary desktop (like a wallpaper with animation), by using the New Technology of overlaying YUV for faster and more efficient way of video playback.
VideoDesktop also work as a Screen Saver.
Now it can play Video together with the actual Wallpaper and Transparent Wallpaper.

Examples of use

Fun - Entertainment.
1. Play your favourite Music Video Clips or Movie at the background of
your desktop (Video Wallpaper), without interfering your work.
A very good way to impress your friend and family.
2. Surprise your friends with VideoDesktop. Start a Music Video Clip and
froze it but pressing "Pause", now tell your friends to come and see
your new wallpaper, and then you press "UnPause" to unpause and start
the video playing. Everyone will be amazed!
3. Play your Video clips when the machine it's in idle mode as a Screen Saver.
4. Add a Transparent Wallpaper to make VideoDesktop more Exciting.
You can use your personal designs like Logos, Frames or even Crazy drawings.
5. Start and play VideoDeskop Automatically when Windows OS start.

Advertisements - Business.
1. A Client who owns a Internet Cafe is using Videodesktop to advertise the service he provides at his store, by playing some video clips at the background as a Video Wallpaper.
2. Another Client is using Videodesktop to advertise a Travel agency he owns.
When the machines are not in use, the Screen Saver mode activates, and VideoDesktop starts playing a series of video clips, containing the specials packages of the travel agency.
3. A Computer shop owner, who owns more than 16 shops,
has bought VideoDesktop and use it by advertising his products through
VideoDesktop at the front window.

They're unlimited ways you can use VideoDesktop.

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