could someone explain picture editing with java?

[Frank Pope]

How do you edit a picture with java?(newbie looking for a few examples to break down).//'that's me'

[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]

I'm back.
Define picture. Picture of computer screen? Picture of your family bbq?
After you edit the picture, what are you gonna do with it?
Wait... send me a picture, I will edit and send back.
Great learning experience.

[Frank Pope]

o.k. for example look at my site http.//www.angelfire.com/ar2/fcoolthief/frameset.html
the picture with the water in front. Stuff like that. How would I make my own picture do what I want? As far as rippling, color, changes, stretching, flipping, rotating, wrapping, dimming, and zooming in sections and so forth.