ISight Not Functioning, Photo Booth Gives Green Screen

I got my Macbook Pro back from the repair shop recently and shortly after my built in iSight stopped functioning correctly. The green light goes on to show me it's working but:
In Photo Booth I see this
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In iChat when not in a video conference I see this
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But interestingly enough as soon as I connect to someone in a video chat it starts to work. I've already tried resetting the pram, repairing permissions and repairing the disk. Any other ideas?

Try the suggestions mentioned in Article http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090 How to Troubleshoot iSight. Some of the suggestions you already tried.
If no success, then I suggest that you return your comp to the repair shop & have them repair it properly. Don't leave the shop until your computer is working to your satisfaction.
Good luck!
P.S. Thanks for the screen shots.

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