How to Make a Digitally Manipulated Photo

Turn on your home computer and open up either Adobe Photoshop or GIMP photo editor. If you do not have either of these programs connect to the Internet and download the program of your choice.

Click "File" in the navigation bar of the program and select "Open" from the drop down menu. Use your computers cursor to navigate to the folder containing the image you want to edit. Select the image by clicking on it and click "Ok" located in the bottom right of the window to open the image.

Click "Layer" in the navigation bar of the program. This creates a blank page that you can edit to your liking. When done with all the layers you want to add, you "Flatten" the image thus adding the effects and allowing you to save your work. From the drop down menu select "Adjustment layer" and then choose "Hue/Saturation."

Click and hold the slider for "Hue" and move the slider from side to side, this adjusts the tint of the picture allowing to digitally manipulate the overall appearance of the picture. Release the tab when you have reached the level of color you want to change the image to.

Click and hold the slider for "Saturation" and move the slider in the same way you did with the previous one. This adjusts the intensity of the color. By eliminating the all the color you can transform the picture to black and white. Release the slider when you are satisfied with the level of saturation. Click "Ok" and the program will add the changes you just made.

Click "Layers" and select "Flatten Image" to add the changes to the picture. Click "File" and select "Save as" give your picture a name and save the edited image as separate file from the original version.