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Introduction
The grayscale modifier is an inbuilt color modifier in Nodejs | Jimp which desaturate an image color into grayscale depending on a given amount, from 0 to 100.
Syntax:

image.color([
  { apply: 'grayscale', params: [value] }
]);

Parameter:

  • value – This parameter stores the amount of grayscale to apply. It takes values from 0 – 100.

Input Images:

Example 1:

javascript




// npm install --save jimp
// import jimp library to the environment
var Jimp = require('jimp');
  
//User-Defined Function to read the images
async function main() {
  const image = await Jimp.read
// color function having grayscale modifier
  image.color([{apply:'grayscale', params: [50]}])
  .write('grayscale1.png');
  
main();
  console.log("Image Processing Completed");


Output:

Example 2: cb (optional parameters)

javascript




//npm install --save jimp
//import jimp library to the environment
var Jimp = require('jimp');
  
//User-Defined Function to read the images
async function main() {
  const image = await Jimp.read
// color function having grayscale modifier
  image.color([{apply:'grayscale', params: [50]}], function(err){
    if (err) throw err;
  })
  .write('grayscale2.png');
}
  
main();
  console.log("Image Processing Completed");


Output:

Reference: https://www.npmjs.com/package/jimp



Last Updated : 03 Jan, 2022
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