So I installed leopard on my g5, and nothing changed.....

Okay, well, I suppose some things changed, but many features I'm supposed to now have, aren't there for me to use.
I have an imac g5, I got it a few years ago, and I decided to purchase and install leopard because I was really looking forward to the video feature in imovie hd that lets me record isight (something I couldn't do with my older version of imovie) The installation went fine with no problems, however upon starting to use leopard I found that though I had the new imovie, there was no way to record isight.
I set the file to a "isight" file, but when I moved it to camera it still gave me the "no camera connected" I thought this was odd, because my sister also installed this update on her laptop awhile ago, and the camera worked fine.
Going to other programs, I loaded ichat, curious to see what the "new background" feature was you could get behind you and found that though the options WERE there, I couldn't click on them, or access them at all.
The video feature in iphoto also shuts iphoto down completely, keeping me from running that. (Iphoto also runs SO MUCH SLOWER.)
Infact, my whole computer runs quite noticeably slower. And though I assumed I'd get used to it at first, it is just really too slow for me to handle.
So, did I do something wrong? Why is it that although I have these new programs they don't work or have the features they are supposed to? And is there anything I can do to fix this and speed up my slow computer?
Thank you very much. I'm not sure if I provided the correct information to be helped (see username) but if more information is needed please tell me so I can attempt to clarify.
Thanks!

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
A few things to clairly.
1. Leopard does not include a new version of iMovie. What are you talking about?
2. How much RAM (memory) does your iMac have?
3. You only seem to be mentioning iLife apps (iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, iWeb, and Garageband make up iLife). Are you talking about an upgrade to iLife '08? Leopard is an operating system, and it does not include iMovie or iPhoto.

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