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.

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