Grayscale Image

Upload your photo — drag it in or click Upload Image (JPG, PNG, or WebP, up to 10MB).

Choose a style and adjust — start from a preset (Standard, Noir, Newspaper, Faded), then fine-tune Grayscale Intensity, Contrast, Brightness, the B&W Threshold, and Vignette. Drag the compare slider to see before and after.

Download — pick PNG, JPG, or WebP and click Download Image. Use "Upload New Image" to start over.

Upload your photo, then either pick a preset (Standard, Noir, Newspaper, or Faded) or set Grayscale Intensity to 100% for a full conversion. Adjust contrast and brightness to taste, and use the before/after slider to compare. When it looks right, choose a format and download. The whole process takes a few seconds.

Yes. The Grayscale Intensity slider goes from 0 to 100%, so you can desaturate just part of the way for a muted, faded-colour look instead of full grey. Lower values keep some of the original colour; 100% removes it entirely. It's a flexible way to tone down colours without going fully monochrome.

It converts the image to pure black and white — every pixel becomes either fully black or fully white depending on whether it's above or below the cutoff you set. This creates a stark, high-contrast graphic look, good for stencils or bold posters. It's a hard threshold, not a dithered or halftone pattern.

No. The filter runs entirely in your browser, so your photo is processed on your own device and never uploaded. Nothing is stored after you close the tab. That keeps personal photos private and makes the tool instant, because there's no waiting for files to travel to and from a server.

They're one-click starting points. Standard is a clean, balanced grayscale; Noir is high-contrast and moody; Newspaper pushes toward a stark black-and-white look; and Faded is softer and lower-contrast for a vintage feel. Apply a preset, then fine-tune the sliders if you want to take it further.

Yes. There are separate Contrast and Brightness sliders, each ranging from −100 to +100, so you can deepen the blacks and brighten the highlights or even out a flat image. They work together with the grayscale conversion, so you can dial in exactly the tonal look you want before exporting.

The Vignette slider darkens the edges and corners of the image, drawing the eye toward the centre. It's a classic finishing touch for black-and-white portraits and moody shots. Set it to 0 for no vignette, or increase it for a stronger darkened-edge effect — it's applied on top of your grayscale adjustments.

The compare slider overlays your edited version on top of the original and lets you drag a handle across the image to reveal more of one or the other. It's a quick way to judge how strong your black-and-white treatment is against the colour original before you commit and download.

No. Converting to grayscale or black and white doesn't lower the resolution — it changes the colours, not the detail. You can export at the same dimensions as your upload. For lossless output choose PNG; for a smaller file choose JPG or WebP and keep the quality reasonably high.

You can download the result as PNG, JPG, or WebP. The upload accepts JPG, PNG, and WebP up to 10MB, which covers the vast majority of photos. If your file is larger, resize or compress it first with the Image Resizer or Image Compressor, then bring it here.

Yes. It runs in your phone's browser with nothing to install, so you can apply a black-and-white filter on Android or iOS, drag the compare slider with your finger, and download the result. It's handy for quickly styling a photo before posting it from your phone.

Black and white removes the distraction of colour and emphasises light, shadow, texture, and emotion, which is why it's a staple in portrait, street, and fine-art photography. It can also unify a set of mismatched photos into a consistent look, or give product and document images a clean, editorial feel.

Yes. Once the tool has finished, a Send to button sits beside Download. Pick another tool and it opens with the result already loaded: no second download, no re-upload. Suggested next steps for this PNG image: Image Compressor, PNG to JPG Converter, Image Resizer and PNG to PDF Converter. The handover stays on your device, held in this browser for a few seconds while the next tool opens, then deleted.