Photo Booth Effects While Recording

Is there a way to record video in iMovie with Photo Booth effects? Is there a program, a hack, or just something I have to do in order to have effects if I want to record with iSight?
Thanks in advance,
agent6998

Well, I don't want to use software fors screen capture because the frames end up being very slow. And I'm definately not going to aim a camera at my monitor because it will have very bad quality. Also, the only camera I use is the built in i-Sight so I can't move it. But, anymore suggestions? I saw, in the package contents of Photo Booth, a quarts movie that has all the different effects for photo booth. Is there a simple quartz plug-in I can get for iMovie?

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    l_kleiman wrote:... the picture would freeze every so often,...
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    l_kleiman wrote:... when I was done recording... I force quit... but the thumbnail is ...not an icon.  How do I recover this?...
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    l_kleiman wrote:... Thank you so much in advance...
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    1. Are you recording your video subjects in bright lighting?
    2. Did your Mac ever record video properly? If so, what happened immediately before the problem first appeared? (new software, hardware, etc?)
    3. How much free space is "Available" on your startup disk?
    4. How much RAM is installed in your Mac?
    5. If you added RAM, what brand (Apple, Crucial, Other World, etc.) did you install?
    6. Have you used Apple Hardware Test to verify your RAM is all working?  (If you don't know how to use AHT, see your MBP's User Guide.)
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    Message was edited by: EZ Jim
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    So I was recording video with Photo Booth and I accidently closed the window while it was still recording. But when I open up Photo Booth again the video clip is not in there anymore. I was able to find the file that was generated which was in Home>Pictures>Photo Booth. When I try to open up the file that I found it says Quicktime can't open it. Can anybody help me with this because I really want that clip to work.

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  • Photo booth effects in imovie

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