public ExtractChannel( )
{
// initialize format translation dictionary
formatTranslations[PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb] = PixelFormat.Format8bppIndexed;
formatTranslations[PixelFormat.Format32bppRgb] = PixelFormat.Format8bppIndexed;
formatTranslations[PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb] = PixelFormat.Format8bppIndexed;
formatTranslations[PixelFormat.Format48bppRgb] = PixelFormat.Format16bppGrayScale;
formatTranslations[PixelFormat.Format64bppArgb] = PixelFormat.Format16bppGrayScale;
}