change color of image to greyscale in html5

Question

I have a png image which I want to convert into grey scale. I managed to convert it into greyscale however it also changes the color for transparent ares of the image. How can I change its color without changing the transparent area of the image?

var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
var img = new Image();
img.src = 'image.png';
ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);

var imageData = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, 420, 420);
var px = imageData.data;

var len = px.length;

for (var i = 0; i < len; i+=4) {
    var redPx = px[i];
    var greenPx = px[i+1];
    var bluePx = px[i+2];
    var alphaPx = px[i+3];

    var greyScale = redPx * .3 + greenPx * .59 + bluePx * .11;

    px[i] = greyScale;
    px[i+1] = greyScale;
    px[i+2] = greyScale;
    px[i+3] = greyScale;
}

ctx.putImageData(imageData, 0, 0);

Answer 1

Alpha is "not a color". You should copy it as it is, leaving the transparent part transparent. Just remove the line:

px[i+3] = greyScale;