Backdrop effects?

Hello everyone,
I have a Power Mac G5 Quad and am VERY well aware that backdrop effects won't work on powerpc processors. But, is there a third party app which will handle backdrop effects, by-passing Apple's built in check for intel processors?
its really no biggy, just that I would like to display backdrop effects which I know the Quad G5 would be more than capable of doing. Also, i am sorry if this is in the wrong forum section, but I just wanted to know how or if its possible to display backdrop effects on the last G5 powermac. I can display photo effects, but not the backdrop effects.
If someone can tell me if there is a 3rd party app out there for displaying backdrops, please let me know.
Nadav

I think people are worrying about a bit of a non-feature here. I also have an Intel Mac and have had problems with rendering in leopard and general graphical weirdness within Ichat.
The understanding i have is that this was destined always to be an Intel only feature resulted from initial beta tests across platforms being so slow it was impractical to work.
This is why the effects are only viewable when both users in a chat are using the latest version.
For me its a natural progression to start migrating features for the Intel only crowd, but i think that PPC owners will still get a decent period of ownership. I'd imagine at least further OS update would be PPC compatible.

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Welcome to Apple Discussions, Silver Dragon
If your only problem is with Photo Booth (or the Photo Booth effects in iChat), consider the suggestions in these help articles:
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If you have also notice other problems since applying the 10.5.2 update, post back and let us know whether you have installed Time Capsule and the software that came with it.
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More details
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Cannot share screens, help please.

computers:
imac : 10.5.2, one gig memory, a second monitor is hooked up to the imac, router is dlink DI-524 (at different location...) the imac is brand new.
g5 dual 2.0 : 10.5.2 ghz, 2.5 gigs memory, linksys router wireless g broadband router with rangebooster
problem:
cannot share screens
at one time we had a problem video chatting. i opened the ports on the dlink according to apple's tech note or page about third party routers. (but we also replaced the mac with a new one.) anyway...
we can now video chat.
we can use ichat theater.
we cannot share screens
connection speeds for the imac are 3mbps down and 600kbps up
connection speeds for the g5 are 5mbps down and 330kbps up
the g5 has had no problem connecting to others, sharing screens
connection doctor reports no problems
connection doctor reports all features are available for the imac
connection doctor reports all features are available for the g5 except Backdrop Effects
what happens when we try to share screens:
we get a fail to connect message. but, for a second or two i can hear the other person, then the connection fails... i have seen the screen sharing starting message, but it would stop and fail. 3 seconds tops..
thanks,
g.

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