My custom PhotoBooth backgrounds won't "stick"

I have added my own backgrounds into PhotoBooth using a variety of methods, and some of them are not appearing the next time I start PhotoBooth.
Here is the breakdown of how the backgrounds were added, and what the results are:
PIC 1- Taken in PhotoBooth - Dragged into Effects & used - Dissappears
PIC 2- Pic from iPhoto - Dragged into Effects & used - Dissappears
PIC 3- Pic from iPhoto - Dragged into Effects & used - Does not disappear
PIC 4- Pic from iPhoto - Dragged into Effects & never used - Does not disappear
PIC 2 was deleted from iPhoto after being dragged into PhotoBooth, which led me to believe that was the reason it would not appear in PhotoBooth after that. But I recovered the photo (using TimeMachine) and re-added it to PhotoBooth. Still disappears.
Is anyone else having similar problems with PhotoBooth?
(And yes, I'm having a heck of a time with backgrounds, too. Do I really need to set up a studio-like environment in my bedroom just to use this feature!?!?)
Maybe Apple shouldn't have been so quick to point out this feature before it worked well.

Thanks for sending the layout.  It installed properly in Home/Library/Keyboard Layouts and I was able to select its (generic) icon in the "flag" menu at the top right of the screen, and it worked fine in Pages 4 and Pages 5.
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