Here you can find the source of brighten(BufferedImage bufferedImage, float amount)
public static BufferedImage brighten(BufferedImage bufferedImage, float amount)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w w w .j ava2s. co m * * @author greg (at) myrobotlab.org * * This file is part of MyRobotLab (http://myrobotlab.org). * * MyRobotLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version (subject to the "Classpath" exception * as provided in the LICENSE.txt file that accompanied this code). * * MyRobotLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful or fun, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * All libraries in thirdParty bundle are subject to their own license * requirements - please refer to http://myrobotlab.org/libraries for * details. * * Enjoy ! * * */ import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; import java.awt.image.RescaleOp; public class Main { public static BufferedImage brighten(BufferedImage bufferedImage, float amount) { // brighten 30% = 1.3f darken by 10% = .9f RescaleOp op = new RescaleOp(amount, 0, null); bufferedImage = op.filter(bufferedImage, null); return bufferedImage; } }