diff --git a/images/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/images/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index d5140c079be3..c558da0afefe 100644
--- a/images/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/images/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
     <registryKey key="ide.images.show.grid.after.every.x.pixels" defaultValue="1" description="Pixels between grid lines"/>
     <registryKey key="ide.images.change.background.action.enabled" defaultValue="false"
                  description="Show action for changing background in the editor toolbar"/>
+    <registryKey key="ide.images.sci.mode.channels.operations" defaultValue="false"
+                 description="Show combobox for image channels operations"/>
   </extensions>
 
   <actions>
diff --git a/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/GrayscaleImageAction.kt b/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/GrayscaleImageAction.kt
index 25135cb4342e..7482038ad8c9 100644
--- a/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/GrayscaleImageAction.kt
+++ b/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/GrayscaleImageAction.kt
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ActionUpdateThread
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.CommonDataKeys
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAwareAction
+import org.intellij.images.editor.ImageDocument
+import org.intellij.images.editor.ImageFileEditor
 import org.intellij.images.scientific.ScientificUtils
 import org.intellij.images.scientific.ScientificUtils.ORIGINAL_IMAGE_KEY
-import org.intellij.images.scientific.convertToByteArray
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage
 
 class GrayscaleImageAction : DumbAwareAction() {
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ class GrayscaleImageAction : DumbAwareAction() {
     val imageFile = e.getData(CommonDataKeys.VIRTUAL_FILE) ?: return
     val originalImage = imageFile.getUserData(ORIGINAL_IMAGE_KEY) ?: return
     val grayscaleImage = applyGrayscale(originalImage)
-    imageFile.setBinaryContent(convertToByteArray(grayscaleImage, imageFile.fileType.defaultExtension))
+    //val editor = e.getData(IMAGE_DOCUMENT_DATA_KEY ) TODO: get editor?
+    //val document = (editor as ImageFileEditor).imageEditor.document as ImageDocument
+    //document.value = grayscaleImage
   }
 
   private fun applyGrayscale(image: BufferedImage): BufferedImage {
diff --git a/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/ImageOperationsActionGroup.kt b/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/ImageOperationsActionGroup.kt
index 160d09f299c5..2adf80ebb933 100644
--- a/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/ImageOperationsActionGroup.kt
+++ b/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/ImageOperationsActionGroup.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ex.CustomComponentAction
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAware
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.ComboBox
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.popup.JBPopupFactory
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.Registry
 import org.intellij.images.ImagesBundle
 import org.intellij.images.scientific.ScientificUtils
 import java.awt.BorderLayout
@@ -37,6 +38,11 @@ class ImageOperationsActionGroup : DefaultActionGroup(), CustomComponentAction,
   }
 
   override fun update(e: AnActionEvent) {
+    val shouldShowTheGroup = Registry.`is`("ide.images.sci.mode.channels.operations")
+    if (!shouldShowTheGroup) {
+      e.presentation.isVisible = false
+      return
+    }
     val imageFile = e.getData(CommonDataKeys.VIRTUAL_FILE)
     e.presentation.isEnabledAndVisible = imageFile?.getUserData(ScientificUtils.SCIENTIFIC_MODE_KEY) != null
   }
diff --git a/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/InvertChannelsAction.kt b/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/InvertChannelsAction.kt
index f582db2a341e..8bd2f83ed5aa 100644
--- a/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/InvertChannelsAction.kt
+++ b/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/InvertChannelsAction.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ActionUpdateThread
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.CommonDataKeys
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAwareAction
+import org.intellij.images.editor.ImageDocument
+import org.intellij.images.editor.ImageFileEditor
 import org.intellij.images.scientific.ScientificUtils
 import org.intellij.images.scientific.ScientificUtils.ORIGINAL_IMAGE_KEY
 import org.intellij.images.scientific.convertToByteArray
@@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ class InvertChannelsAction : DumbAwareAction() {
     val imageFile = e.getData(CommonDataKeys.VIRTUAL_FILE) ?: return
     val originalImage = imageFile.getUserData(ORIGINAL_IMAGE_KEY) ?: return
     val invertedImage = applyInvertChannels(originalImage)
-    imageFile.setBinaryContent(convertToByteArray(invertedImage, imageFile.fileType.defaultExtension))
+    //val editor = e.getData(IMAGE_DOCUMENT_DATA_KEY ) TODO: get editor?
+    //val document = (editor as ImageFileEditor).imageEditor.document as ImageDocument
+    //document.value = invertedImage
   }
 
 
diff --git a/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/RestoreOriginalImageAction.kt b/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/RestoreOriginalImageAction.kt
index b1f3c33dc643..c59b0bdc8f53 100644
--- a/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/RestoreOriginalImageAction.kt
+++ b/images/src/org/intellij/images/scientific/action/RestoreOriginalImageAction.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ActionUpdateThread
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.CommonDataKeys
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAwareAction
+import org.intellij.images.editor.ImageDocument
+import org.intellij.images.editor.ImageFileEditor
 import org.intellij.images.scientific.ScientificUtils
 import org.intellij.images.scientific.ScientificUtils.ORIGINAL_IMAGE_KEY
 import org.intellij.images.scientific.convertToByteArray
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ class RestoreOriginalImageAction : DumbAwareAction() {
   override fun actionPerformed(e: AnActionEvent) {
     val imageFile = e.getData(CommonDataKeys.VIRTUAL_FILE) ?: return
     val originalImage = imageFile.getUserData(ORIGINAL_IMAGE_KEY) ?: return
-    imageFile.setBinaryContent(convertToByteArray(originalImage, imageFile.fileType.defaultExtension))
+    //val editor = e.getData(IMAGE_DOCUMENT_DATA_KEY) TODO: get editor?
+    //val document = (editor as ImageFileEditor).imageEditor.document as ImageDocument
+    //document.value = originalImage
   }
 }
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