I can't get my facetime to open and when it does the screen is black?

When I click on my facetime icon no screen comes up but the green camera light turns on. I can also hear when someone is calling but have no way to answer. When I try to do anything I just get a black screen and I haven't been able to open preferences. I also haven't been having any luck with skype either which makes me think it is my camera. I was having this problem before but restarting my computer had solved it up until now. Any suggestions?

FaceTime for Mac: Troubleshooting FaceTime
How to Troubleshoot iSight 
If you are using Apple - OS X Mavericks, see  iSight camera failure after OS X 10.9 Mavericks update
(Over time, Apple has changed the built-in camera's name on newer Macs from "iSight" to "FaceTime" and then to "FaceTime HD."  Regardless of the name of your Mac's built-in camera, the same info and troubleshooting applies.)

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