Take LARGE photo with iSight

I know there is the Take Video Snapshot action, but it takes a pretty small .tiff photo. Isn't there an action that would take a normal size photo like you get in Photobooth, with the built in iSight? I tried the Take Picture action but it says there is no camera connected, and I just want to use the built in isight. Thanks!
(Bonus points if you know a way to make it take a photo without being obvious that its doing so)

Lots of apps can capture snapshots. Search this list for some "snapshot" apps you can use:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2013310
Some of those apps can be scripted or "automated".
In my experience, most apps use only 640x480 resolution (resolution of the original, external, iSight) even with cameras that offer more resolution. However, that may be changing as apps are revised now that there are so many megapixel webcams available. Check the specs of the apps to see which, if any, will give you more pixels.
The only way I know to make really large images with 640x480 webcams like my external iSight is to move in close, makes segmented exposures, and stitch them together using PhotoShop or some other image editor to create an image with more pixels.
EZ Jim
G5 DP 1.8GHz w/Mac OS X (10.5.7) PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11) iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9) External iSight

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