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Layer to grey scale - meetdilip - 02-17-2020
Is there any method to convert a layer and its contents to grey scale ? I had to turn image > mode > grey scale to achieve that.
Colours > Desaturate > Colour to grey is not working for me. It makes the whole layer white that shades of grey.
RE: Layer to grey scale - dinasset - 02-17-2020
Colour/Desaturate/Desaturate
RE: Layer to grey scale - rich2005 - 02-17-2020
(02-17-2020, 02:18 PM)dinasset Wrote: Colour/Desaturate/Desaturate
....and check the Gimp documents https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-filter-desaturate.html
RE: Layer to grey scale - Ofnuts - 02-17-2020
(02-17-2020, 01:55 PM)meetdilip Wrote: Is there any method to convert a layer and its contents to grey scale ? I had to turn image > mode > grey scale to achieve that.
Colours > Desaturate > Colour to grey is not working for me. It makes the whole layer white that shades of grey.
Color-to-gray acts a bit as tone-mapping on the (virtual) luminosity channel in practice. You can do a poor man's HDR by:
- duplicating the image layer
- applying C2G to the bottom layer
- setting the top image to Color mode
The only problem with that is that C2G is quite slow and noisy, getting a usable setting requires patience.
RE: Layer to grey scale - meetdilip - 02-17-2020
Thanks, it works
