# Color Image to Black and White?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-image-to-black-and-white/57716
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 15, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-image-to-black-and-white/57716 "2004-07-15T15:54:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@foochuck](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/foochuck)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-image-to-black-and-white/57716/1 "2004-07-15T15:54:06Z")
This is an easy one.
Is there a way to change a color image in flash to black and white? Or is this something I have to do in an image editor before importing the image into flash?
Thanks
Foo :ear:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-image-to-black-and-white/57716/2 "2004-07-15T15:55:43Z")
> [@foochuck](#):
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> Is there a way to change a color image in flash to black and white?
no
> [@foochuck](#):
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> … is this something I have to do in an image editor before importing the image into flash?
yes
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-image-to-black-and-white/57716/3 "2004-07-15T16:06:31Z")
go into photoshop, go to Image\>ajustments\>hue/saturate and play around with the sliders. Or go to Image\>ajustments\>desaturate
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-image-to-black-and-white/57716/4 "2004-07-15T16:16:50Z")
Thanks, I’m good with Photoshop. I was just looking for a shortcut in Flash.