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MillionDollar Belt Sander

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Color to greyscale converter
« on: 07 Sep 2008, 16:37 »
I need a way to convert color images to greyscale images and output them as JPEG for vigorous printing.

Any suggestions?  Something that costs $0 or less would be ideal.
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Re: Color to greyscale converter
« Reply #1 on: 07 Sep 2008, 17:23 »
IrfanView.  Not sure where I got it, but Google it and you might find it.
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Re: Color to greyscale converter
« Reply #2 on: 07 Sep 2008, 17:32 »
Can you not do that in photoshop or in gimp really easily? Just like Edit>colour settings>greyscale. I'd check but I've not currently got either program installed.
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Re: Color to greyscale converter
« Reply #3 on: 07 Sep 2008, 17:35 »
Well, you can.  But he is asking for free programs.  Photoshop costs a pretty penny, unless you pirate it.

Ahah.  Accidental alliteration.
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Re: Color to greyscale converter
« Reply #4 on: 07 Sep 2008, 17:38 »
The Gimp is free.
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Re: Color to greyscale converter
« Reply #5 on: 07 Sep 2008, 18:37 »
Too complex for what I need.    I found Irfranview for free and it does what I need.   Thanks for the leads though!   8-)
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Re: Color to greyscale converter
« Reply #6 on: 07 Sep 2008, 18:57 »
Quote from: Oli on 07 Sep 2008, 17:38
The Gimp is free.

Oh, really?  For some reason, I was under the impression you had to pay for it, but for significantly less than Photoshop.
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Re: Color to greyscale converter
« Reply #7 on: 07 Sep 2008, 19:17 »
ctrl+shift+U
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Re: Color to greyscale converter
« Reply #8 on: 08 Sep 2008, 12:37 »
Another great thing about IrfanView is batch-processing.  If you are doing the same thing to every picture, you just select all the pictures you want to do it to, specify a folder for it to put the new files, and a naming convention, and it will do it all super quick without you having to do it on each picture.
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Re: Color to greyscale converter
« Reply #9 on: 08 Sep 2008, 13:02 »
Quote from: imapiratearg on 07 Sep 2008, 18:57
Quote from: Oli on 07 Sep 2008, 17:38
The Gimp is free.

Oh, really?  For some reason, I was under the impression you had to pay for it, but for significantly less than Photoshop.
You're probably thinking of Pixel or Paint Shop Pro.
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Re: Color to greyscale converter
« Reply #10 on: 09 Sep 2008, 03:07 »
I don't like this game.
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