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Image Monochrome Effect

Apply monochrome effect with adjustable color and intensity for artistic grayscale transformation

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/image-monochrome' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/imageFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/image-monochrome' \
  -F 'imageFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'color=#808080' \
  -F 'intensity=50' \
  -F 'format=original' \
  -F 'quality=95'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/image-monochrome

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
imageFile	fileupload required	Yes	Upload image for monochrome effect
color	color	No	Color for monochrome effect (hex or R,G,B)
intensity	range	No	Monochrome effect intensity (0-100)
format	select	No	—
quality	number	No

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-image-monochrome": {
      "name": "image-monochrome",
      "description": "Apply monochrome effect with adjustable color and intensity for artistic grayscale transformation",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=image-monochrome",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "image-monochrome",
    "arguments": {
  "imageFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "color": "#808080",
  "intensity": "50",
  "format": "original",
  "quality": 95
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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