public static Bitmap MakeGrayscale(Bitmap original)
{
//create a blank bitmap the same size as original
Bitmap newBitmap = new Bitmap(, );
//get a graphics object from the new image
Graphics g = (newBitmap);
//create the grayscale ColorMatrix
colorMatrix = new (
new float[][]
{
new float[] {.3f, .3f, .3f, 0, 0},
new float[] {.59f, .59f, .59f, 0, 0},
new float[] {.11f, .11f, .11f, 0, 0},
new float[] {0, 0, 0, 1, 0},
new float[] {0, 0, 0, 0, 1}
});
//create some image attributes
attributes = new ();
//set the color matrix attribute
(colorMatrix);
//draw the original image on the new image
//using the grayscale color matrix
(original, new Rectangle(0, 0, , ),
0, 0, , , , attributes);
//dispose the Graphics object
();
return newBitmap;
}