MacBook Pro & Photobooth

[queshy]

So everytime I launch photobooth, the picture that it displays is green for like one second then it switches to the camera. My iMac doesn't behave like that...anyone else having a similar issue? Thanks.

 

[Jim Campbell]

So everytime I launch photobooth, the picture that it displays is green for like one second then it switches to the camera. My iMac doesn't behave like that...anyone else having a similar issue? Thanks.

I think it's a power management thing - being connected to the mains electricity, the iMac doesn't need to power the iSight down completely, but for battery conservation, the MB/MBP does.

I don't know this for sure, but since the problem with Photobooth on laptops getting stuck on a green screen is clearly identified by Apple as being an issue with the Power Management Unit, it seems like a fairly logical deduction.

Cheers!

Jim

 

[kolax]

Don't have this problem - mine starts black then adjusts brightness and its there within a split second.

 

[amusiccale]

So everytime I launch photobooth, the picture that it displays is green for like one second then it switches to the camera. My iMac doesn't behave like that...anyone else having a similar issue? Thanks.

Are you under, say, fluorescent lighting? I am guessing what you are seeing is the camera's default white balance and light level for (on mine, far less than second) a moment before it adjusts to your light conditions. Try it outdoors and see if it's different there (perhaps almost white)

 

[queshy]

Are you under, say, fluorescent lighting? I am guessing what you are seeing is the camera's default white balance and light level for (on mine, far less than second) a moment before it adjusts to your light conditions. Try it outdoors and see if it's different there (perhaps almost white)

no fluorescent lighting but it happens for like 1/3 of a split second,.,,the whole second is an exageration. so is this normal?

 

[amusiccale]

Mine is green briefly before displaying a picture, but it's obviously moving from whatever setting it's at to adjust to the ambient light. I would say unless it's a locked green screen, it's just a result of wherever the hardware or software parks the camera at by default until you power it up.

 

[queshy]

Mine is green briefly before displaying a picture, but it's obviously moving from whatever setting it's at to adjust to the ambient light. I would say unless it's a locked green screen, it's just a result of wherever the hardware or software parks the camera at by default until you power it up.

oh ok, great. I'd say around 50% of the time I start photobooth I get a green screen briefly before displaying a picture. I just want to be absolutely sure my mbp is not defective.