Take a look at the new effects archive. Anyone can sign up and and showcase their own effects. Head over there, download what you like and put it in /library/compositions/ It will become available in the effects panel of iChat. Photo Booth requires effects to be added in multiples of 8.
This backdrop effect will blur your background, but leave the foreground sharp. Special thanks to robert for modeling in the preview above.
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This is a modified version of the ‘Fire Drips’ example effect that comes with Quartz Composer. The modifications don’t change the effect much, but were necessary to allow it to work in iChat and Photo Booth.
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The guys over at ismileys.free.fr have put together a package of 24 additional effects for iChat and Photo Booth. Download them here.
Check out the release candidates thread. Thanks everyone who is contributing. The effects look amazing!
Here are a couple of examples:
“hatched screen” by JamaicaJames:
And a here’s a mouth replacement effect by Macnoviz. Become George W Bush:
Download them all and more in the forums!
Here’s a blurry background effect.
Download it here: blur.qtz
Linked below is a template for creating your own ‘Backdrop’ iChat or Photo Booth effects. This is the one to use if you want to work on hologram type effects, or effects that only modify the foreground or background of an image.
Make some cool effects and upload them to the forums!
Bill
Backdrop template
I’ve created a template to make it easy to start building Quartz Composer video effects. If you don’t have it, Quartz Composer comes with the developer tools on your Mac OS X install disk.
Download the template below and open it in Quartz Composer. You will see instructions on how to begin in the blue note box. It is very important to delete the Video Input patch before trying your creation in iChat or Photo Booth, as it is only for previewing your effect in Quartz Composer.
Download the template here: Quartz Template