using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Codecs; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing; 
 
 
public void CreateGrayscaleImageCommandExample() 
{ 
	RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs(); 
 
	string srcFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Image1.cmp"); 
	string destFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Image1_CreateGrayscaleImage.bmp"); 
 
	// Load the source image from disk 
	RasterImage srcImage = codecs.Load(srcFileName); 
 
	// Create a grayscale image 
	CreateGrayscaleImageCommand cmd = new CreateGrayscaleImageCommand(); 
	cmd.BitsPerPixel = 16; 
	cmd.LowBit = 0; 
	cmd.HighBit = 15; 
	cmd.Run(srcImage); 
 
	RasterImage destImage = cmd.DestinationImage; 
 
	// Save the image to disk 
	codecs.Save( 
	   destImage, 
	   destFileName, 
	   RasterImageFormat.Bmp, 
	   16); 
 
	// Clean up 
	destImage.Dispose(); 
	srcImage.Dispose(); 
	codecs.Dispose(); 
} 
 
static class LEAD_VARS 
{ 
   public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS22\Resources\Images"; 
}