The OpenCV Python API is actually pretty good. I've been compiling and using the latest stuff off of master for the past couple years and when I took Computer Vision Fall 2013 at GMU.
However, I don't think that much of it is generally useful without a basic understanding of CV. The documentation is pretty good[0], but it will be hard to apply them without understanding the tradeoffs.
The CV courses I've taken focused a lot on lecture slides and handouts rather than a comprehensive textbook (although I've heard good things about Programming Computer Vision with Python[1] as an introductory text).
However, I don't think that much of it is generally useful without a basic understanding of CV. The documentation is pretty good[0], but it will be hard to apply them without understanding the tradeoffs.
The CV courses I've taken focused a lot on lecture slides and handouts rather than a comprehensive textbook (although I've heard good things about Programming Computer Vision with Python[1] as an introductory text).
0: http://docs.opencv.org/doc/tutorials/imgproc/opening_closing... 1: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920022923.do