# Convert digital photo into digital

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/convert-digital-photo-into-digital/31745>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [August 16, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/convert-digital-photo-into-digital/31745 "2021-08-16T13:54:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![yalaniv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7993a0/32.png) [@yalaniv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/yalaniv)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/convert-digital-photo-into-digital/31745/1 "2021-08-16T13:54:22Z")

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I would like to import an image, and manipulate it in order to make it look like it created with digital tools.

I found a code about how to convert full color image into gray scale one,  
but I am kinda stuck with the direction of how to begin.

I hope my question isn’t too general

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**Author:** ![micuat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/micuat/32/19407_2.png) [@micuat](https://discourse.processing.org/u/micuat)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/convert-digital-photo-into-digital/31745/2 "2021-08-16T17:25:02Z")

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It’s a bit too general but it is a valid question 🙂 Dan’s tutorials are always a good starting point:

> **[Pixel Sorting in Processing](https://thecodingtrain.com/CodingChallenges/047-pixelsorting.html)**
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> In this coding challenge, I implement “Pixel Sorting” in Processing (Java). Using a “selection sort” algorithm, I sort the pixels of an image by brightness and hue.

> **[Animated Circle Packing - Part 2 (Kitten Addendum)](https://thecodingtrain.com/CodingChallenges/050.2-circlepackingimage.html)**
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> In this short addendum to the Animated Circle Packing challenge, I demonstrate how to combine the circle packing algorithm with looking up pixel colors in an image to create an abstract portrait of a kitten.

> **[Floyd-Steinberg Dithering](https://thecodingtrain.com/CodingChallenges/090-floyd-steinberg-dithering.html)**
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> In this coding challenge, I attempt to implement the Floyd-Steinberg Dithering algorithm and create a “image stippling” effect on an image (kitten, of course) using Processing.

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**Author:** ![jafal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jafal/32/19112_2.png) [@jafal](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jafal)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/convert-digital-photo-into-digital/31745/3 "2021-08-16T17:37:05Z")

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@yalaniv I add this link to @micuat links

[https://funprogramming.org/89-Create-your-own-photo-filters.html](https://funprogramming.org/89-Create-your-own-photo-filters.html)