Photo Booth missing effects

I can't find any video backdrop effects. I have 2 paged of distortion effects only. does anyone know what to do?

Do you have an Intel Mac? The additional effects are NOT available on Power PC macs, only on Intel Macs
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Leopard: Photo Booth User Effects Page (Page 4) Missing/Black

I dropped a movie on page 4 to use as a background and Photo Booth crashed. When I restarted the 4th page of effects is just a single black square. I cant add anything to it. If I log into another user account on the same machine the 4th page is correct. Any ideas?
Thanks!

Only just got round to installing Leopard, but I now have an answer for you:
Right-click on PhotoBooth in your Applications folder, and select Show Package Contents
Open the Contents folder, then open Resources
Find the EffectsOrdering.plist file, and open it in Text Edit (right click, Open With, select Other, and locate Text Edit -- you may need to change "Enable" to "All Applications")
Scroll down to the bottom of the file -- you should see a list of user backdrops; return the offending item to its default value (e.g. /user backdrop 1), save thew file, start PhotoBooth, and you should be back to normal.

Photo Booth new effects are not working on Lion

The new face-tracking effects for Photo Booth are not working for some reason. They just look like there's no effect for them. I've tried rebooting my iMac and I know my mac can support Lion because everything else works fine. Is ther any way i could fix this? Maybe uninstall then reinstall Photo Booth? I was really excited for this feture and im so dissapointed that it's not working

In my case, IMac OS 10.7 Lion, I can't use Photo booth which it said "Check with the developer to make sue Photo Booth works with this version of Mac OS X. You may need to reinstll the application. Be sure to install any available updates for the application and Mac OS X."
Should I reinstall the program?

Photo Booth special effect problems?

Whenever I try to take a picture or video with one of the including backdrops my face is seen in little patch but not everything. There seems to be a glitch with the background effect feature.
Has anyone else experienced this?
the other photo booth effects worked fine.

This really depends on what colours and lighting are in the room behind you. If there's something behind you that look similar to your face, hair, or clothing, then the camera won't be able to tell them apart.
Try different lighting in the room. Failing that, paint the wall! There's a reason why movie studios use a "blue screen" or "green screen" to film scenes with replaced backgrounds.

Air - How to fix distorted colors in camera after using Photo Booth's effects.

In Skype, Facetime, in every app, which use camera, colors are wrong and noisy.
Choosing standart lens in Photo Booth has no effect, colors're still wrong.
I suppose that some effet was somehow maxed up with standart lens.
How to reset camera effects?

Here's a photo taken with a cam, using standart lens in Photo Booth:

Photo Booth: missing "live video" button?

I was trying to use the iSight camera in my iMac with Photo Booth (v. 1.2) to snap a portrait of myself and I ran into a curious problem. After snapping a few shots and clicking on the thumbnails at the bottom of the window, I tried to return to live video to set up another shot and was unable to do so. The help file tells me to "click the Live Video button below the image." Problem is, the only button below the image, other than the app links, is the shutter button. Clicking this snaps another picture, with no opportunity to set up in live video mode. I had to close and re-start Photo Booth to get live video again. Am I missing something obvious here?

Hi,
Manually click through the following folders
Home/Library/Preferences. Delete the com.apple.PhotoBooth.plist and restart Photo Booth.
This should return all the icons to the Tool Bar.
9:07 PM Saturday; March 14, 2009

Photo booth missing?

Last week, my hard drive crashed on my MacBook. Today, I had the Apple store replace it with a new hard drive. They installed OS X 10.4 (which is what I had before) but for some reason, I can't find Photo Booth under applications.
Is there a way to re-install it using my OSX disks, or do I need to go back to the Apple store and have them fix it?

I think you'd have better luck starting a New Topic here to get he most helpers in on it.
It's quite acceptable, even preferable to start a new topic of your own, it will get more individualized attention, and many more helpers!
It can be hard to sometimes find where to start a New Topic, so here's the link...
http://discussions.apple.com/post!default.jspa?forumID=752

Photo Booth Backdrop Effects Not Working Properly

Special Effects and Distortion Effects work but Backdrop Effects (Clouds, Color Dots, Earthrise, Eiffel Tower, Fish, Rollercoaster, Sunset, Yosemite)
doesn't. It would ask me to step out of the frame and I do, then I get Background Detected and I step in the frame but here's the problem. The backdrop doesn't show correctly. Say I choose 'Eiffel Tower' I can't see the whole backdrop just some of it because my actual background (wall) interferes, in other words I can see both my wall and the backdrop. How can I fix this?

I'm not sure I understand what you mean

Photo booth video effects not recording after upgrade to Lion

I recently upgraded from s.leopard to Lion. Photobooth is working perfectly with the leopard until upgraded to lion, the video effects could not be used and recorded. It only appears in 1 sec when video recording.
I have done the following already according to the forums I read.
1. the 32 bit mode is not ticked.
2. disk utility permissions.
and still not working. Any advise? Thanks

The same Lion-problem here. Everything looks just fine until I press record. Then the effect dissappears. I bought my 28" "BigMac" in february this year, and as the problem is mentioned about a year ago, it might be a major problem since no solution is mentioned anywhere.
So, if you guys see or hear (or smell) anything in the direction of a solution, drop a note.

ISight not showing when Photo Booth is open? Help :S?

Hey guys, when I open Photo Booth, my iSight doesn't even respond to it, and doesn't even turn on. There is no green light or anything. It works when I use iChat or any other application that uses the iSight but not photo booth. I have done all the trouble shooting and reseting but still nothing. In the system profiler it shows that my iSight is recognized and that it is there and working, but why not photo booth? It has worked before too.
Help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot in advance
D2LMD

You're welcome, D2LMD
I have tried all of the things you just listed and still no go...
Because your iSight works in every user account you try with every application (except Photo Booth), the problem is definitely in your software. Having reinstalled the application itself, the software problem must lie in some of the system or QuickTime ancillary files that Photo Booth uses.
To remedy this problem, I can offer three choices for your consideration:
(1) Backup your important files and then reinstall all of your Mac software using the "reinstall" or "restore" disk that came with your Mac. After that is done, repair permissions and then use your Mac's Software Update... to be sure you are using the latest version of your Apple software. Finish with another permission repair after the updates are done, and then test to see if Photo Booth is working.
(2) Ignore your non-working Photo Booth. Instead, use some other app to capture images:
• If you do not need Photo Booth's "effects", some alternative apps that can
capture snapshots and movie/video clips are included in this list.
• Apps that have with "effects" similar to those in Photo Booth include
Funny Photographer, Freak Show, and WebcamTweaker.
(3) If nothing else works for you, follow Apple's ultimate suggestion from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090 and contact Apple or an Apple-Authorized Service Provider for service.
EZ Jim
G5 DP 1.8GHz w/Mac OS X (10.5.7) PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11) iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9) External iSight

Photo booth mirror-not what you think

when i use the mirror effect on photo booth, it mirrors the left side of the view (you have two left hands) is there anyway to get it to mirror your right side?

Hello again, mr.merino
Another idea that may be of interest to you...
If you are only trying to make one (or a few) of the reverse mirror images you post about, and if you are not interested in learning and writing Quartz compositions, you can take the "easy" approach and use a mirror.
Here is how I did what you ask about in Photo Booth without programming. No "Edit > Flip Photo" menu item was applied in any of the following images.
(1) As a reference, I show this normal Photo Booth image of a left hand pointing left.
(2) This image uses the "Mirror" effect on the same hand pointing the same way.
(3) To mirror the right side instead of the left side, I selected the Photo Booth "Mirror" effect to make another mirror image. However, this time, I placed a mirror in front of the iSight and positioned the hand behind the iSight. By adjusting the positions of the mirror and the subject (hand) while I watched in the Photo Booth viewing window, I was able to obtain this image.
We await your response. Please confirm that the kind of left/right reversal between items (2) and (3) is what you are trying to accomplish.
EZ Jim
Mac Pro Quad Core (Early 2009) 2.93Ghz w/Mac OS X (10.6.4) MacBook Pro (13 inch, Mid 2009) 2.26GHz (10.6.4)
LED Cinema Display G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11) iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9) External iSight

Problems with built-in camera. maybe just problems with photo booth?

My camera works fine in video chat, like with skype, but in photo booth the effects don't work properly. The menus of effects are scrambled and instead of the squares of previewed effects that you select from, I only see warped images and text. When I select an effect, the camera is either zoomed in oddly, or the picture frame is shifted over halfway over to the left to the point where I can't see part of the image. The rest of the screen is either green or black when the latter happens.
I have re-installed the newest version of photo booth several times, but this problem keeps coming up-- it was like this when I first got it. I have also tried to find the file where the preferences are kept, but it doesn't seem to exist.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

I just figured out that problems I was having with iSight were because of a widget I had downloaded ... it's basically a 'mirror' widget ... it would play in the background ... and was disabling the iSight camera (message like 'you can't use PhotoBooth because you have another application open etc) ... doesn't sound like this is your problem but just for reference in case anybody else is having problems and has that widget you have to lose the widget to be able to use iSight.

Help with Photo booth

IS there a way that I can turn off the flash that happens when i take pictures with photo booth?
I was also wondering if the camera records video?
Thank you!

Hello Sarah CMac
To disable Photo Booth flash, hold shift while you click.
BTW, holding option disables the seconds countdown. You can use both at once if desired.
Photo Booth 2 that comes with Leopard adds video recording with "effects" and sound. If you do not want to upgrade to Leopard, you can use WebcamTweaker for "effects" videos or any of the apps that can record video or movie clips from this list of Some Applications You Can Use With iSight for video without Photo Booth's "effects."
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.1) External iSight

Missing Photo Booth Effects

For some reason, I only have two pages of effects in my Photo Booth application. There are no backdrop effects, either prefab or blank frames where I can create my own. I've got version 2.0.3, so I don't think I've missed an upgrade anywhere.
Can anyone help me figure this out? My big fear is that since my iMac is one of the pre-Intel chip machines, I'm out of luck. Hoping this isn't the case, though.

Rats. That certainly limits my options.
Can you explain the graphics card to a non-techie? Is this something I can add to my existing platform? Will I need to take my machine in to a store? Can I do it myself? Is it expensive?
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Photo booth-effects missing

I no longer have an effects choice with my photo booth. I used to. I suspect my 3-year-old somehow deleted it. How can I get it back?

I posted this on another thread
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=712795&threadrate=1&messageid= 3460572#3460572
that I got from another thread.... stitching it altogether.

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