Preprocessing layer for random conversion of RGB images to grayscale.

This layer randomly converts input images to grayscale with a specified factor. When applied, it maintains the original number of channels but sets all channels to the same grayscale value. This can be useful for data augmentation and training models to be robust to color variations.

The conversion preserves the perceived luminance of the original color image using standard RGB to grayscale conversion coefficients. Images that are not selected for conversion remain unchanged.

Note: This layer is safe to use inside a tf.data pipeline (independently of which backend you're using).

Usage

layer_random_grayscale(
  object,
  factor = 0.5,
  data_format = NULL,
  seed = NULL,
  ...
)

Arguments

object

Object to compose the layer with. A tensor, array, or sequential model.

factor

Float between 0 and 1, specifying the factor of converting each image to grayscale. Defaults to 0.5. A value of 1.0 means all images will be converted, while 0.0 means no images will be converted.

data_format

String, one of "channels_last" (default) or "channels_first". The ordering of the dimensions in the inputs. "channels_last" corresponds to inputs with shape (batch, height, width, channels) while "channels_first" corresponds to inputs with shape (batch, channels, height, width).

seed

Initial seed for the random number generator

...

For forward/backward compatability.

Input Shape

3D (unbatched) or 4D (batched) tensor with shape: (..., height, width, channels), in "channels_last" format, or (..., channels, height, width), in "channels_first" format.

Output Shape

Same as input shape. The output maintains the same number of channels as the input, even for grayscale-converted images where all channels will have the same value.

See also

Other image preprocessing layers:
layer_auto_contrast()
layer_center_crop()
layer_equalization()
layer_max_num_bounding_boxes()
layer_mix_up()
layer_rand_augment()
layer_random_color_degeneration()
layer_random_color_jitter()
layer_random_hue()
layer_random_posterization()
layer_random_saturation()
layer_random_sharpness()
layer_random_shear()
layer_rescaling()
layer_resizing()
layer_solarization()

Other preprocessing layers:
layer_auto_contrast()
layer_category_encoding()
layer_center_crop()
layer_discretization()
layer_equalization()
layer_feature_space()
layer_hashed_crossing()
layer_hashing()
layer_integer_lookup()
layer_max_num_bounding_boxes()
layer_mel_spectrogram()
layer_mix_up()
layer_normalization()
layer_rand_augment()
layer_random_brightness()
layer_random_color_degeneration()
layer_random_color_jitter()
layer_random_contrast()
layer_random_crop()
layer_random_flip()
layer_random_hue()
layer_random_posterization()
layer_random_rotation()
layer_random_saturation()
layer_random_sharpness()
layer_random_shear()
layer_random_translation()
layer_random_zoom()
layer_rescaling()
layer_resizing()
layer_solarization()
layer_stft_spectrogram()
layer_string_lookup()
layer_text_vectorization()

Other layers:
Layer()
layer_activation()
layer_activation_elu()
layer_activation_leaky_relu()
layer_activation_parametric_relu()
layer_activation_relu()
layer_activation_softmax()
layer_activity_regularization()
layer_add()
layer_additive_attention()
layer_alpha_dropout()
layer_attention()
layer_auto_contrast()
layer_average()
layer_average_pooling_1d()
layer_average_pooling_2d()
layer_average_pooling_3d()
layer_batch_normalization()
layer_bidirectional()
layer_category_encoding()
layer_center_crop()
layer_concatenate()
layer_conv_1d()
layer_conv_1d_transpose()
layer_conv_2d()
layer_conv_2d_transpose()
layer_conv_3d()
layer_conv_3d_transpose()
layer_conv_lstm_1d()
layer_conv_lstm_2d()
layer_conv_lstm_3d()
layer_cropping_1d()
layer_cropping_2d()
layer_cropping_3d()
layer_dense()
layer_depthwise_conv_1d()
layer_depthwise_conv_2d()
layer_discretization()
layer_dot()
layer_dropout()
layer_einsum_dense()
layer_embedding()
layer_equalization()
layer_feature_space()
layer_flatten()
layer_flax_module_wrapper()
layer_gaussian_dropout()
layer_gaussian_noise()
layer_global_average_pooling_1d()
layer_global_average_pooling_2d()
layer_global_average_pooling_3d()
layer_global_max_pooling_1d()
layer_global_max_pooling_2d()
layer_global_max_pooling_3d()
layer_group_normalization()
layer_group_query_attention()
layer_gru()
layer_hashed_crossing()
layer_hashing()
layer_identity()
layer_integer_lookup()
layer_jax_model_wrapper()
layer_lambda()
layer_layer_normalization()
layer_lstm()
layer_masking()
layer_max_num_bounding_boxes()
layer_max_pooling_1d()
layer_max_pooling_2d()
layer_max_pooling_3d()
layer_maximum()
layer_mel_spectrogram()
layer_minimum()
layer_mix_up()
layer_multi_head_attention()
layer_multiply()
layer_normalization()
layer_permute()
layer_rand_augment()
layer_random_brightness()
layer_random_color_degeneration()
layer_random_color_jitter()
layer_random_contrast()
layer_random_crop()
layer_random_flip()
layer_random_hue()
layer_random_posterization()
layer_random_rotation()
layer_random_saturation()
layer_random_sharpness()
layer_random_shear()
layer_random_translation()
layer_random_zoom()
layer_repeat_vector()
layer_rescaling()
layer_reshape()
layer_resizing()
layer_rnn()
layer_separable_conv_1d()
layer_separable_conv_2d()
layer_simple_rnn()
layer_solarization()
layer_spatial_dropout_1d()
layer_spatial_dropout_2d()
layer_spatial_dropout_3d()
layer_spectral_normalization()
layer_stft_spectrogram()
layer_string_lookup()
layer_subtract()
layer_text_vectorization()
layer_tfsm()
layer_time_distributed()
layer_torch_module_wrapper()
layer_unit_normalization()
layer_upsampling_1d()
layer_upsampling_2d()
layer_upsampling_3d()
layer_zero_padding_1d()
layer_zero_padding_2d()
layer_zero_padding_3d()
rnn_cell_gru()
rnn_cell_lstm()
rnn_cell_simple()
rnn_cells_stack()