What is the best Core Image filter to produce black and white effects?

Question

I am using Core Image and would like to produce a black and white effect on the chosen image.

Ideally I would like to have access to the same sort of options that a

Answer 1

here is example with CIColorMonochrome

- (UIImage *)imageBlackAndWhite
{
    CIImage *beginImage = [CIImage imageWithCGImage:self.CGImage];

    CIImage *output = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CIColorMonochrome" keysAndValues:kCIInputImageKey, beginImage, @"inputIntensity", [NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0], @"inputColor", [[CIColor alloc] initWithColor:[UIColor whiteColor]], nil].outputImage;

    CIContext *context = [CIContext contextWithOptions:nil];
    CGImageRef cgiimage = [context createCGImage:output fromRect:output.extent];
    UIImage *newImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:cgiimage scale:self.scale orientation:self.imageOrientation];

    CGImageRelease(cgiimage);

    return newImage;
}