# mono.rb

    #!/usr/bin/ruby1.9.1 -w
    require 'RMagick'

    # Demonstrate the ImageListImage#quantize method by converting
    # a color image into a monochrome image.

    # Read the large color cheetah image and scale it to a third
    # of its size.
    cheetah = Magick::Image.read("images/Cheetah.jpg").first
    cheetah.scale!(0.33)

    # Quantize the cheetah image into 256 colors in the GRAY colorspace.
    mono_cheetah = cheetah.quantize 256, Magick::GRAYColorspace

    # Cut the top off the monochrome cheetah image.
    mono_bottom = mono_cheetah.crop 0, mono_cheetah.rows/2, mono_cheetah.columns, mono_cheetah.rows/2

    # Composite the half-height mono cheetah onto the bottom of
    # the original color cheetah.
    before_after = cheetah.composite mono_bottom, 0, cheetah.rows/2, Magick::OverCompositeOp

    before_after.write "mono.jpg"
    exit

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