These softwares are some of the best that are out there and they are freeware or open source.

 ManyCam and Super Webcam is webcam software you use to put text, photos, clock or something else. you can use it when you are streaming live from for example ustream.tv . These softwares are free and you can download effects for them.

   Foxit reader is a good replacement for Adobe reader. Adobe reader is 80 Mb in size, but Foxit reader is only 2,50 Mb in size. so if you want to save some disk space use Foxit reader. If you want to create a pdf file you need to download PDFcreator. It installs as a printer, but it doesn’t print the text out on the printer you have. It just makes it in to a pdf. file so you can use it in Foxit reader. 

  CamStudio  is a open source recording software that records your desktop or an area of your desktop that you select. Don’t listen to other people that say that Hypercan and Camtasia Studio is better because it’s not and the reason for that is: you have to pay for them and you don’t have to do that with Camstudio. Camstudio records the video in to AVI or SWF so you can upload the video directly to Youtube. If you want to use it you should use it on an XP computer to get the best video and audio quality. You can run it on vista, but the audio quality is bad. Virtualdub is a video editor that is open source. You can edit your videos frame by frame and put filters over the parts you selected.