AS3:How to change a colored Bitmap's BitmapData to black and white?

Question

How can I change the bitmapdata of a coloured Bitmap to Black and White in AS3 ? I\'m developing a simple image editor tool for a CMS in f

Answer 1

I tried both methods. Seems like the ColorMatrixFilter method works a lot faster when working with large images.

Is there some method to remove the Filter too? or shoud I change the ColorMatrixFilter values again?