Converting a color picture to black and white picture is very simple task which can be done in two to three steps by following this tutorial. This method can be adopt for picture with any color depth. In this tutorial i have explained the method of convertion to greyscale and pure black and white.

color picture or image to greyscale:

Steps:

• Open the picture you want to convert in jasc paintshop software.
• Click "adjust " tab, get mouse over "Hue and saturation" and select "Hue/Saturation/Lightness ".
• Set the saturation value at "-100 " and set "0" for hue and saturation.
• Click ok to see the result at original image.
• You can achieve this in one simple step also by clicking tab image - Split channel - Split to HSL.

color picture or image to Pure black and white:

Threshold command can covert an multiple color image to two colors namely black and white. This command can applied to only images which have 24 bit color depth.

Steps:

• This can be done by command named "Threshold " present in jasc paintshop.
• Click the tab named " Adjust ", get mouse over " Brightness and Contrast " and select " Threshold ".
• You can adjust the threshold value to any which suits your desire.