Advertisement Every Mac that comes with an iSight is loaded with. When I was Mac-less, I used to frequent Apple stores and somehow Photo Booth seemed to appeal to me then. Sadly, after I bought a Mac for myself, the attraction didn’t last very long and later, I sort of forgot about this nifty application which attracted me in the first place.
To bring back the romance, I went on a search to see if I could add more effects to Photo Booth. There were only a few interesting pre-packaged ones and most of them had something to do with image distortion (squeeze, bulge, dent, mirror etc.).
That was fun for a while but I need the “Wow” factor back desperately. In my search, I managed to uncover a few sites that offer a good collection of free Photo Booth effects. From B-L-A-C-K-O-P, I found, which is a collection of 5 sets of effects. Each set has its own theme:. RetroPixels – adaptation of 60’s and 70’s video effects. Love For 80s – bringing back Space Invaders, Pong and VHS (yes, that’s video tape quality, ladies and gentlemen!).
Bent Pels – optical image distortion with a twist. BoobToob – a set of TV screen effects. FewTile – tiled-images effect. I especially like the BoobToob set, it makes me feel like I’m on television. If you’re sick or bored with the default Photo Booth effects, this will definitely bring back some fun. In order to remove unwanted effects, just delete them from the appropriate folder. Keep in mind that if you add a lot of new effects at once, Photo Booth will crash while loading them.
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It’s best to add one set at a time. Also, these effects will work with iChat! So, you can fool your friends into thinking that something’s gone wonky with your iSight or that they’re really seeing you through a hologram.
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Got more effects to share? Know about other ways to bring back the fun to Photo Booth? Share with us in your comments. Lastly, if you’d like to use your iSight for something more productive, check out my article on. UPDATE: I strongly advise you to install each set of effects individually. Remember to quit Photo Booth before installing. To uninstall, empty the /Library/Compositions or /Library/Compositions folder.
If Photo Booth becomes unresponsive, Force Quit the application and delete the effects from the Compositions folder. Explore more about:,.