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I am currently working with SimpleCV for some image processing. Basically my goal is to have my application take a picture from a simple command in Python, i.e. 'GetPicture()'. In SimpleCV, it is very easy to get an image from the camera, by using 

cam = Camera()
img = cam.getImage()

My problem is that the first line actually shows the camera stream on the screen, and this I don't want. I would like to be able to get the image while displaying something else on the screen, thus taking the picture in 'blind mode'. Possible ?

Any help is much appreciated.

Julien

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For those interested...

Eventually I used Pygame in combination with v4l (video for linux) driver. The v4l driver has a no-preview option, which once set, enables one to take a picture in 'blind' mode.

Julien

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