<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/27/converting-an-image-to-black-and-white-using-the-colormatrixfilter/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
		layout="horizontal"
		backgroundColor="white" viewSourceURL="srcview/index.html">
	
	<mx:Script>
		<![CDATA[
			private var rLum:Number = 0.2225;
			private var gLum:Number = 0.7169;
			private var bLum:Number = 0.0606;
		
			[Bindable]
			private var bwMatrix:Array = [rLum, gLum, bLum, 0, 0,
							rLum, gLum, bLum, 0, 0,
				            rLum, gLum, bLum, 0, 0,
				            0, 0, 0, 1, 0];
			
			[Bindable]
			[Embed('assets/image2.jpg')]
			private var image2:Class;
			
		]]>
	</mx:Script>
	
	<mx:ColorMatrixFilter id="cmf" matrix="{bwMatrix}" />
	
	<mx:VBox>
		<mx:Label text="Black and white" />
		<mx:Image source="{image2}" filters="{[cmf]}" scaleX="0.5" scaleY="0.5" />
	</mx:VBox>

	<mx:VBox>
		<mx:Label text="Original" />
		<mx:Image source="{image2}" scaleX="0.5" scaleY="0.5" />
	</mx:VBox>	
	
</mx:Application>

