Java tutorial
import java.awt.color.ColorSpace; import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; import java.awt.image.ColorConvertOp; import java.io.File; import java.net.URL; import javax.imageio.ImageIO; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { BufferedImage master = ImageIO.read(new URL("http://www.java2s.com/style/download.png")); BufferedImage gray = new BufferedImage(master.getWidth(), master.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB); ColorConvertOp op = new ColorConvertOp(ColorSpace.getInstance(ColorSpace.CS_GRAY), null); op.filter(master, gray); // new JLabel(new ImageIcon(master)); // new JLabel(new ImageIcon(gray)); ImageIO.write(master, "png", new File("c:/Java_Dev/master.png")); ImageIO.write(gray, "png", new File("c:/Java_Dev/gray.png")); } }