Converting an Image To GrayScale using ActionScript

PROBLEM Converting an image to a grayscale format without creating another image file. (For actionscript) SOLUTION Use the function below and pass an image object to be converted: private function convertToGrayscale(image:DisplayObject):void { var matrix:Array = [0.3, 0.59, 0.11, 0, 0, 0.3, 0.59, 0.11, 0, 0, 0.3, 0.59, 0.11, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0]; var grayscaleFilter:ColorMatrixFilter = new ColorMatrixFilter(matrix); var filters:Array = image.filters; filters.push(grayscaleFilter); image.filters = filters; }