Photo Booth Backgrounds

After installing 10.5.2, I've not been able to get a "moving" background for Photo Booth. It simply immediately says "Background Detected." It also leaves the shadow of the cut-out person still there. Could it have anything to do with my new camera? (Sony DCR-HC52) It still works fine for the other effects, just not the background ones. Any thoughts? Thanks!

I think I figured your problem out. I am having the same problem with the Panasonic PVGS 120, its about 3 years old but works with the Mac. Though it gives me the same error as you, "Back Ground Detected" and has the shadow still on the frame and you can't see yourself.
Get ready for this...the problem is the camera. Your camera is fine, but Photo Booth will not work with that Camera. Try this camera, Logitech Quick Cam for Mac.
The only reason I know this is because I tried both cameras and the LogicTech works with the background replacement and my 3CCD Panasonic does not.
I don't know if there are any other cameras that will work with the Mac inside Photo Booth to replace the backgrounds. But I hope this helps.
-Josh in Cali

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Everyone is having this problem.
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Hi,
I used photo booth to replace the background with a video.
For the camera I use an isight camera.
but now in MAC 10.5.2 there IS NO BACKGROUND replacement.
It does not display the option to add the video to be used in background.
By the way there are only 2 pages or effects now...
where is the video/background functionality now in photo boot?
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More of a Photobooth Question. Try post here:
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