Invoke the image selecting thing in Address Book on regular images?

When you select an image in Address Book, there's this button that allows you to put the image through filters. There's a similar thing in Adium, so I'm assuming it's some sort of thing that can be called at will by osx. Is there a way to do this on just like, a regular image lying around in a folder or on my Desktop?
Sorry if I sound vague...

Hi Catherine,
I was aware of what you had asked for.
I was starting with my memories of what used to work in iChat.
Excuse the width of this pic  But in the "Recents" section I chose the Union Flag and changed it to that instead of my regular Sig pic.
Uploaded with Skitch!
I have put up the Address Book along side to show that the Address Book does not change.
I can do similar with a Buddy pic (although what I have now was not that easy and has included a shut down of the computer)
Uploaded with Skitch!
To restate what I did yesterday.
I highlighted the PC at home Buddy in the Main list  (the one in the "background")
I brought up the Info Card (CDM + i together)
I dragged a Pic to the Buddy's pic in the card and it change there to the wedding pic.
It did not change in the Buddy list so I looked in the  Address Book
It had changed there.
As a test I then quit Messages and when I reopened it the pic was the one from the Address Book.
Today I have then reset the Sig pic (all Buddy List get the same Buddy Pic at the moment)
Therefore Messages is Sending a different pic than the Address Book and it is showing that rather than the Address Book card pic.
I do realize that I may be getting different results to you as I seem to have lost the ability to edit the Address Book directly.
The Pic changed via iChat but I cannot change it back.
On another Note, iChat used to be able to set the Buddy Pics for each Buddy List separately and I don't seem to have that option either.
8:07 PM      Thursday; April 26, 2012
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