is there an easy way to turn a full color bitmap into grayscale, without using the mask feature? thanks

Yes, with your bitmap selected > Filters > Adjust Colour > Hue/Saturation.
Slide the Saturation pointer all the way to the left until it reads -100.

If you want you can also add a Sepia tone, by sliding the Saturation pointer
to around 10 > then try sliding the Hue pointer left/right until you arrive
at the desired effect.

Peter
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| is there an easy way to turn a full color bitmap into grayscale, without
using the mask feature? thanks

sweet! thanks a lot.