I-Sight not workng so well with 10.5 ????

Hi, I have a macbook pro that was just recently upgraded from 10.4-10.5 (10.5.2 now). The only problem i'm recieving so far is with photobooth. Whenever I snap a picture and preview the picture below and then get back to try to snap another, the isight shows everything in a dark mode as if someone turned off the lights? Forcing me to quit it and restart. Also, When i use the new effects such as the background add on, when i step out and step back in I look really distorted. Photo booth was just fine in Tiger, this happened once I installed leopard. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks.
-Dino

Welcome to Apple Discussions, Dinos22
Unless you used the following method to update your Mac OS to 10.5.2, try the following:
• Backup your Home Folder, or at very least, your important files.
• Repair permissions. (Click here if you need help.)
• Then download and apply the Mac OS X 10.5.2 Combo Update.
• Finish with another Permissions Repair, and then check your iSight again.
Users have reported fixes to a variety of audio, video, connectivity, and software conflicts and unreliability issues after properly applying Combo Updates.
If the Combo Update does not correct your problem, try the suggestions in Apple's How to Troubleshoot iSight.
If your only problem is that Photo Booth will not work correctly in any user account that you test, you can try reinstalling Photo Booth from your Leopard Upgrade DVD using its instructions for reinstalling applications only in the Upgrade documentation. Alternatively, you can use Pacifist to extract ONLY Photo Booth from your Leopard Upgrade DVD. See the Pacifist online Documentation for info and instructions on how to use Pacifist. After you have completed the install, use your Mac's  > Software Update... menu command to check for updates.
If none of the advice you get here helps you correct your problem, contact Apple or an Apple-Authorized Service Provider for professional help.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.2) External iSight

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