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From: kendalla@blast.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Simple RGB to Gray scale question
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Date: Mon, 2-Mar-87 00:40:08 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  2 00:40:08 1987
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Keywords: color

In article <718@hp-sdd.HP.COM> nick@hp-sdd.HP.COM (Nick Flor) writes:
>
>How does one convert a pixel defined by an R, G, B value into
>a single Gray level?
>
Let me guess... You're converting the colorized version of "The Maltese
Falcon" back to black-and-white.  Right?? (:-)

Gray = 30%(Red) + 59%(Green) + 11%(Blue).


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