Photo Booth issues ie - Effects

I have owned my iMac since December and had no problems until I took the last version of Leopard V10.5.2 One issue I have is with Photo Booth. It pertains to the effect section, which is the third option after clicking the effect button. I click on one of the background effects, move out of the way like it says and when I move back into the camera view, I can see myself, the background effect and black spots, which happens to be what is behind me. I move around and the black or what I call black holes, they move with me. it is like, this function does not work at all, when it once did. I hardly use photo booth, but I paid a lot of money for a product that is only a few months old, I just want it to work. Could someone offer some help or point me in the right direction? Thanks
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Welcome to Apple Discussions, Silver Dragon
If your only problem is with Photo Booth (or the Photo Booth effects in iChat), consider the suggestions in these help articles:
iChat 4.0 Help: If there are holes in your video chat backdrop
Mac OS X 10.5: Using iChat Backdrop Effects
If you have also notice other problems since applying the 10.5.2 update, post back and let us know whether you have installed Time Capsule and the software that came with it.
We can offer other suggestions if necessary based on the info in your response.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.2)  External iSight

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