hallo
depend what u want for images
use saveFrame(); (or saveFrameJPG() code some whare in the forum)

for video u can stream out and or record using JMF

but meaby other solution exist

thetoad

Yea man, you can do that no problem.... This is that basic source code. You just import the video library and call a couple functions and that's it. It's not great with full 720x480 resolution but if you do it at 320x240 and stretch it out to double size it works pretty decent, maybe drop the framerate a little.

import processing.video.*;

Capture myCapture;

void setup()  {
 size (320, 240);
 background(0);
 println(Capture.list());
 //String s = "IIDC FireWire Video";  // only use this if your system can't find your camera, it should go to your default video device.
 myCapture = new Capture(this, width/2, height/3, 30);
}

void captureEvent(Capture myCapture)  {
   myCapture.read();
}

void draw()  {
 image(myCapture, 0, 0);
}