Location of iChat and Photobooth Effects

Does anyone know where the video/photo effects used by iChat and Photobooth are saved? I'm experimenting with quartz composer and I'd like to be able to see how apple did their effects. I've looked everywhere I can think of but I can't find them.

Choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu and enter /Applications/Photo Booth.app/Contents/Resources/ as the path; more are available by using iChat instead of Photo Booth or using /System/Library/Compositions/ as the complete path.
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IChat and Photobooth effects- Broken! Not all but some

Okay so these effects work while iChatting and while looking at the screen in Photobooth. When you try to take a picture however, the result is either negative or white. The pictures looks alright up top right after its taken but down below when you look at the little polaroid icon the picture is negative or white. Also after you click on the little icon to review the picture it no longer looks fine up top.
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I don't want to delete these effects. I know how to do that but I want to keep them! I know the pathways and everything. I think they may just be broken because I now have Snow Leopard. I'm not sure when these were installed but I know it was before I installed Snow Leopard. I think they were downloaded from the Apple website though.
Basically my question is, is there anyway to reinstall these effects or change a setting so that they work?
I could put on a screenshot, I have one I just don't know how to put it into the post. If you can explain then I could add that later if it would help.

Hi,
They are the MoreiChatEffects.
They are causing problems in PhotoBooth mainly but also in iChat.
As you know they are in the Compostions folder you will know they are Quartz files.
If you Install Developer Tools off the Install Disk > Options Installs folder you can open them.
It seems they are not fully Intel or rather not fully integrated with the OS in Snow Leopard.
Older Quartz files like the ones that come with this Utility http://www.scriptsoftware.com/chatfx/ DO NOT work with the OS above 10.4.9
Both these seem to be because Apple have made changes in the way the basic Video stream is captured for each OS.
With the Chat FX ones I made a Duplicate (Finder > File Menu) and then played around.
If I was going to do it with these I would take an Apple one and keep the Input model and Output module and replace it with an MoreiChatEffects one to see if I could get it to work in Snow Leopard (Photobooth and iChat).
I would keep an Eye on the web site for more info http://ismileys.free.fr/moreichateffects/
The header seems to say that some may not work.
It does also say Intel but nothing I saw about Snow Leopard.
10:45 PM Monday; January 18, 2010
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Any other ichat and photobooth effects ?

More iChat effects 2.01 ***** and messed up my computer so it cannot be that.
Is there any other effects you can add that either:
A. Dont suck and mess up
and
B. Dont ruin my computer
I was just wondering if there were any different types of effects you can get, for photo booth and iChat. Thnx.

Hi,
For those running Tiger http://www.plumamazing.com/mac/chatfx
For later versions http://ichatfx.com/iChatFX/Home.html
These all are in fact Quartz Files created in Quartz Composer which gets installed if you Install the Developer Tools (on your Install Disk in Option Installs Folder (Expand the window)
Once you have Quartz Composer installed you can create your own.
You can Google for Quartz Composer files.
However as Quartz Composer can make Screen Savers and iTunes Visulizers you may have to dig a bit deeper on sites you find.
8:42 PM Friday; July 22, 2011
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Video is backwards in iChat and Photobooth

It was just brought to my attention that when using any built in iSight camera with iChat or photobooth the video is actually reversed....hold something with writing up to the camera and you will see everything backwards.
Does anyone know how to reverse the video to rectify this?
On photobooth I found an option to flip pics taken but not video.
Thanks

Since video in iChat hit the application in iChat 2.0 the Video pic you see of your self has been Mirrored.
It is th normal function of iChat.
AS you have found Photo Booth does the same but does give you the option of Flipping the pic if words are involved.
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The new photobooth effects show up in iChat and Photobooth but do not do anything at all

I'm asking for a friend. The effects show up and everything but when selected they act as if I've selected original. Is there a fix yet?

What they do is detect your face and add an overlay graphic to it. Make sure that you are in a well lit area, or these effects will not work. Also make sure your face can be seen easily, no glasses, sunglasses, hoodies w/ hoods up, etc. Hope this helped.

Emailing photo booth pics from mail!! and photobooth effects

hi all, enjoying Leopard but can't work something out. in photo booth you can email photos no bother within photobooth, but if your in mail and open the media browser and click on photo booth none of the pics i've taken since Leopard(and i think some before) are included?
and does anyone else feel that the effects work far better in ichat than they do in photo booth.
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Hi Everyone!
I'm having an annoying issue. My HD recently crashed, and I just got it back from Apple. Fortunately I had TM running, so I got almost everything back. However.. after getting the machine up, and updating back to x.5.2.. my iSight is outputing CRAZY colors. Mainly yellow, grainy, nightvisiony looking image. It occurs in all video apps, I have tried resetting my SMC (although I have no way of knowing if I did or not), and jillions of restarts. I had this happen once before, and the SMC fix did it. Does anyone know a way to get the camera back to usable? Any thoughts would be GREATLY appreciated.

Hello Steve
... complete list of files (cache, library etc) that Isight draws upon.
I do not think that iSight uses ANY caches. I suppose the apps that operate your iSight might.
The best iSight technical info source I know is this search of the Apple Developer Connection. You may be able to get more specific help by becoming an ADC Member if you are not one already.
As an alternative to researching the ADC info, I offer another thought you may have already considered or tried. If I understand correctly what you have been doing at this thread in the Time Machine Forum, you believe that your iSight problem might be correctable by resetting preferences or clearing caches, but you have decided not to attempt resolution by deleting ALL system preferences and caches. If you think it might be beneficial, you could try an application like Yasu that can give you some control over which preferences and caches you can reset without using the terminal or deleting items generated and managed by OS X.
Finally, Steve, please allow me a word of caution for other readers. You seem to be an experienced OS X user who is more comfortable working at lower levels of OS X than many of us. For benefit of other readers who may be less knowledgeable, it is generally a bad idea to move, modify, rename, or delete any item outside your User > Documents folder unless you know what you are doing. While doing so will not harm your computer, if you damage your data or system files, you will need to restore them, which can be time consuming. Until you have enough knowledge to safely work with them manually, I suggest that you let OS X and your applications manage the files for you as they were designed to do.
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jephwhy wrote:
Also, I have More iChat Effects 1.2 installed. See http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/email_chat/moreichateffects.html
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b.      Attempt to play sequence containing .MOV files. It worked for me.
c.       Attempt to play or modify sequence .MOV files in AE CS5.5 via Dynamic Link within Premiere. It worked for me.
d.      Close Premiere Pro project and AE projects if open.
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c.       The new, previously un-renamed .MOV file also worked in AE CS5.5 for me.
I will perform additional tests but at the moment Nikon D7000 .MOV files are working for me in CS5.5 after initially performing a batch rename in Bridge CS5.5 from .MOV to .mpg and letting Bridge create preview files. Even .MOV files not renamed now work.
An example of Nikon D7000 footage edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, After Effects CS5.5, and Sound Booth CS5 can be seen on my blog, http://stevelandonsmyth.typepad.com/steve-landon-smyths-blog/2011/07/my-first-hd -video-shoot-with-nikon-d7000.html
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I see 2 post in this thread from Todd that say they are working on a fix and it should be out soon. One is from July, the other from August. It is now Sept 7th and I still see no patches or fixes for any bugs. I spent 400 dollars on an upgrade, but is this upgrade going to be supported?
This is making me rethink upgrading to the .5's in the future.
It is a minor bug to most, but in that sense it should be an easy quick fix. Am I wrong? Is this really a complicated issue?
I apologize if this comes off like a rant, but thats kinda what it is. It is not hard to batch rename files, but its a pain to have to relink all those files in PP.

ALL pictures in iPhoto *and* PhotoBooth are gone :( please help

Hello,
I have a bit of a dilema here. On 6-27-07 (actually 6-28 cause it was after midnight), my daughter and I were taking pictures in photobooth. I selected the iPhoto icon from the PhotoBooth picture to send a copy of those pictures to iPhoto.
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Can anyone possibly help me? Lots of precious memories gone. I was recently going to read how to do a back-up right before this happened. Now I wish I hadn't gone to sleep that night until I learned how to do it and actually did make a back-up
My husband called Apple and they told him to do something and now that has created approximately 3 copies of random pics and not all of them, or I would just delete the extras. My husband may have done something wrong to have it make extra copies of the pictures it has now, I don't know.
My husband didn't seem like he was happy with the help that he was getting at the time. So, I found my way here again!!! I have been to the discussions boards once before, but I forgot how to get here (serious swiss cheese memory from MS). I have to save ALL websites that I like to my favorites or I should say 'Bookmarks' or I will probably never find it again. <embarassed>
**I will tell you a little about me and the use of my mac....... I have Multiple Sclerosis so my husband purchased the lap top to make it easier for me to get online and not be stuck to one chair which makes me hurt bad. I am new to Mac and have always used a PC.
Anyway, when we purchased it we explained that I would mainly be using it for Internet use and for the pictures that I take (I am disabled, so that is about all I can do but I thoroughly enjoy it), which happens to be more than the average person since I have a new Grandson
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Brenda,
You're quite welcome.
That does sound like your original library. It makes sense to me; your husband was probably told to drag it to the Desktop by the Apple help desk person. Look inside your Pictures folder for the other two iPhoto Library folders. If you don't find them there, do another Finder Search. Click once on a found item in the Search window to see its path at the bottom of that window. That should help you locate those folders.
After you find and rename or delete the other libraries, you will be ready to create a new library. (You might not want to delete those other folders yet - in case some photos are missing from your main library. But if you are sure that nothing in them is original, go ahead and Trash them to free up the space.)
To create a new library, Option-launch iPhoto and click "Create Library." By default it will be located in your Pictures folder and named "iPhoto Library." You can change the name if you want - say, "iPhoto Library New" before you click "Save." A new, empty library will open. Drag the right corner of the window up so that it fills only about half of your screen. Do iPhoto > Preferences > Advanced and make sure that there IS a check in the boxes beside "Copy files to iPhoto Library folder when importing to library" and "Add ColorSync Profile".
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I have read that the film roll date can be wrong after importing, so you may want to check the dates as you go. Open the Info Pane in the lower left corner of the iPhoto window (click the little i). When you select a Roll, its info will display in the Info Pane. You can edit the Roll's title and date, if you wish.
When the 2007 rolls have all been imported, switch to the Originals/ 2006 folder, select the roll folders, and drag to your iPhoto window. Repeat for each year in your Desktop library.
This will recover your Original, unedited photos in the same film rolls as before. What cannot be saved is your Albums, Slideshows, Books, titles, keywords, ratings, and other metadata. These were contained in the database file that was damaged during the iPhoto hang or subsequent hard shut down.
If you had spent significant time editing your photos, then you may want to have a look in Desktop/ iPhoto Library/ Modified to see if you wish to save any of the edited versions. There is no way to reconnect the edits with their Originals; that info was also stored in the database file. But if you want to import them to your library you may. Be aware that this will cause the appearance of duplication, much like you had in the library your husband created. If you can part with your edited versions, then it is much easier to discard them. (If not, be selective.)
I'll look forward to hearing your progress. Regards,
Shelly

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Ralph:
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Hi,
Do you have an internal iSight as well ? (i.e. not a Mac Mini or Mac Pro)
Do the Backdrops work for that camera in iChat and Photo Booth ?
I have a MacBook Pro and it has an Interanl iSight
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What sort of Signal that is ?
Whether Backdrops work anyway ?
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          int cy = dim.height/2;
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Thanks,
Paul

When you post a code, use code tags for propere formatting. Click CODE icon on the taskbar for generating code tag pair you need.
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    selPanel.add(label3);
    selPanel.add(fond);
    selPanel.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
    canvas = new MyCanvas();
    add(selPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
    add(canvas, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    addWindowListener(new WA());
    setSize(400, 300);
    setVisible(true);
class WA extends WindowAdapter{
    public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e){
      System.exit(0);
class IL implements ItemListener{
    public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent event){
      Object o = event.getSource();
      if (o == sel){
        String culoare = sel.getSelectedItem();
        fcolor = genCuloare(culoare);
        canvas.repaint();
      else if (o == fond){
        bcolor = genCuloare(fond.getSelectedItem());
        canvas.setBackground(bcolor);
      else if (o == lista){
        String figura = lista.getSelectedItem();
        if (figura.equals("Linie")){
          fig = Fig.LINE;
        else if (figura.equals("Dreptunghi")){
          fig = Fig.RECT;
        else if (figura.equals("Cerc")){
          fig = Fig.CIRCLE;
        shape = prepareShape(fig);
        canvas.repaint();
Shape prepareShape(Fig fig){
    Shape shape = null;
    if (fig == Fig.LINE){
      shape = new Line2D.Float(xL0, yL0, xL1, yL1);
    else if (fig == Fig.RECT){
      shape = new Rectangle2D.Float(xR0, yR0, xR1, yR1);
    else if (fig == Fig.CIRCLE){
      shape = new Ellipse2D.Float(xC0, yC0, xC1, yC1);
    return shape;
Shape prepareShapeDrag(Fig fig){
    Shape shape = null;
    if (fig == Fig.LINE){
      shape = new Line2D.Float(xL0 + dxL, yL0 + dyL, xL1 + dxL, yL1 + dyL);
    else if (fig == Fig.RECT){
      shape = new Rectangle2D.Float(xR0 + dxR, yR0 + dyR, xR1, yR1);
    else if (fig == Fig.CIRCLE){
      shape = new Ellipse2D.Float(xC0 + dxC, yC0 + dyC, xC1, yC1);
    return shape;
Color genCuloare(String culoare){
    Color color;
    if (culoare.equals("Negru")){
      color = Color.black;
    else if (culoare.equals("Verde")){
      color = Color.green;
    else if (culoare.equals("Albastru")){
      color = Color.blue;
    else if (culoare.equals("Alb")){
      color = Color.white;
    else{
      color = Color.black;
    return color;
class MyCanvas extends Canvas{
    public MyCanvas(){
      setBackground(Color.white);
      ML ml = new ML();
      addMouseListener(ml);
      addMouseMotionListener(ml);
    public void paint(Graphics g){
      Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
      setCoords();
      g2.setPaint(fcolor);
      if (shape != null){
        g2.draw(shape);
        g2.fill(shape);
    void setCoords(){
      int w = getWidth();
      int h = getHeight();
      xL0 = w / 4;
      yL0 = h / 4;
      xL1 = xL0 * 3;
      yL1 = yL0 * 3;
      xC0 = xR0 = xL0;
      yC0 = yR0 = yL0;
      xC1 = xR1 = w / 2;
      yC1 = yR1 = h / 2;
public class ML extends MouseInputAdapter{
    Shape s = null;
    Point p0 = null;
    Point p1 = null;
    @Override
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
      double dist = 0.0;
      p0 = p1 = e.getPoint();
      if (shape instanceof Line2D){
        dist = ((Line2D)shape).ptSegDist(p0);
        if (dist < 2){
          s = shape;
        else{
          s = null;
      else{
        if (shape.contains(p0)){
          s = shape;
        else{
          s = null;
    @Override
    public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
      int dx, dy;
      if (s != null){
        p0 = p1;
        p1 = e.getPoint();
        dx = p1.x - p0.x;
        dy = p1.y - p0.y;
        if (s instanceof Line2D){
          dxL += dx;
          dyL += dy;
        else if (s instanceof Rectangle2D){
          dxR += dx;
          dyR += dy;
        else if (s instanceof Ellipse2D){
          dxC += dx;
          dyC += dy;
        shape = Desenare.this.prepareShapeDrag(fig);
        canvas.repaint();
public static void main(String []args){
    Desenare d = new Desenare("Desenare 2D with Dragging support");
}

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