Skype is an instant messaging application that provide us with free video calls with our friends. Is the main user communication app for Microsoft, and now is the Messenger's official heir. Skype come to Mac with all the features that makes it one of most complete programs to talk with our friends and family. You can use it as an instant messenger app, with a text chat filled with emoticones and sounds. But also is a way to tal directly with other Skype users and do free video-calls up to 5 people.

Of course, you can have more features and video-calls for more users if you purchase the pro version. Skype is useful to share our computer screens too, as a way to show things about uour computer or help other users. Video and audio quality for calls is very high, so is an app used every day by families who have parents in far countries. Many users like Skype, and some others hate it and miss Messenger. Anyway, there's no doubt that Skype is one of the best video call apps of this moment.

Get access to our Effects Gallery with hundreds of effects, objects, overlays, and 3D Face Masks to create fun online video chats and live streams. Get creating with your video calls and add your own effects to the gallery. Video Effects With Skype by Erin Webb. Skype was created to enable video and voice calls directly over the computer. Some companies conduct interviews through Skype, while other individuals use it to chat with friends.