Isight cam in Macbook pro

all of the sudden my isight cam (built in) looks like it has a transparent "carpet" type structure in front of it, and image quality is awful and color rendering is yellow (even in daylight). I've been trying to find a setup utility to see if there's a setup related issue, but have not been able to find anything. Anyone familiar with this?

Hello, Maris.
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
No separate "Setup" is required for your Mac's iSight. All installation and setup was accomplished when your Mac OS X software was installed.
Try Apple's relevant suggestions from How to Troubleshoot iSight.
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