Messenger Plus! for Skype is a free add-on to Skype that enhances the Skype software with cool features and extras. Now you can record your video calls in Skype, choose winks (flash animations) to send to your friends, apply video and audio effects to live video/audio calls and much more...!

Once you have installed Messenger Plus! for Skype and launched Skype, Skype will ask you to allow access to Messenger Plus! for Skype:

After granting Messenger Plus! for Skype the access, the toolbar will automatically appear next to your Skype contact list.

In the Skype Options window click the "Advanced" tab then click the "Advanced settings" tab and then click the "Manage other programs' access to Skype" You can grant access from there as well.

A toolbar that conveniently docks to the Skype active window with a semi-transparent display in full screen mode.

Messenger Plus! for Skype can configured to automatically start recording calls in the Messenger Plus! Options window under Recordings.

If not, Messenger Plus! for Skype will prompt you with an authorization to start recording any incoming calls. This prompt window will also allow you to set the quality for your recording.

• The recording button is inactive (non-clickable) when there is no call in progress.
• Once you have started a video call, the recording button will become active.
• Click the recording button to start recording your call, the button will start blinking as an indicator that you are currently recording your call.
• Clicking the stop toolbar button will stop the current call recording and prompt you to start encoding the final video to your videos default directory.

Click the "Send Animations (Winks)" toolbar button which will open a panel containing the available winks animations library where you can preview the animations before sending them to any active conversation that you choose.

Click the "Send Emotisounds" toolbar button which will open a panel containing the available sounds library where you can preview them before sending them to any active conversation that you choose.

(Note: To share a video you need to have an active video conversation with a contact).

Click the "Share a video" button to open the share video dialogue, browse for a video file on your computer and press the Share a video button to start sharing the video in your video conversation.

To stop sharing a video, simply click the "Stop" in the Share a video window. You can also stop sharing videos by simply closing the share a video dialogue window by checking the Stop video sharing when the panel is closed option.

Clicking the Audio Effects or Video Effects button opens the Effects panel where you can change the parameters for each of the effects you desire to use. A preview screen is available for the effects in case there are no active conversations.

You need to have chat logs active in order to use the viewer. first check the "Enable local chat logging" option in the Messenger Plus! Preferences And Options window

Click the "Open Chat Log Viewer" toolbar button to open the viewer. You can search, preview and print any chat log conversation, select one or more items from the logs list, copy them to the clipboard, or export them into text/html/csv/xml files.

You can access the window by click the "Set Preferences & Options" button on the Messenger Plus! for Skype toolbar. It can also be opened by clicking the Messenger Plus! for Skype logo at the top of the toolbar and then selecting the "Preferences & Options" menu item.