Multi-thread python app for transformation of color images to grayscale images.

python, image, processing, greyscale, grayscale, grey, multithread

$python images2grey.py PATH_TO_FOLDER -s RESULTS_FOLDER

• PATH_TO_FOLDER - absolute path to the folder with images that you want to transform
• -RESULTS_FOLDER - (optional) absolute path where greyscale images should be saved . If not set, original images will become greyscale.

Transform images in folder /home/my_user_name/images_folder to greyscale images:

$ python images2grey.py /home/my_user_name/images_folder

Create greyscale copies of images in folder C:\images and save them to C:\some\other\folder:

$ python images2grey.py C:\\images -s C:\\some\\other\\folder

Show help:

$ python images2grey.py -h

Python >= 2.6

Pillow (PIL) library

$pip install Pillow