writing an image

Hi

If i want to write an image is it possible. I dont see any writers in imaging collection, but i can see image record writer component, but it still dosent write to an image.

1. I was trying to convert a Color image to a gray scale image and write it back to another image, but couldnt do it. I used the following protocol:

image reader--unpack color--RGB to grayscale--image record writer. But the protocol was throwing an error " input image not found". How should i proceed?

2. if i want to translate/rotate a part of the image how do i do. are there any protocols present in PP