Here you can find the source of brighten(BufferedImage image)
public static BufferedImage brighten(BufferedImage image)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww . ja v a2 s. co m * Gestalt * * Copyright (C) 2012 Patrick Kochlik + Dennis Paul * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA * {@link http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html} * */ import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; import java.awt.image.BufferedImageOp; import java.awt.image.RescaleOp; public class Main { public static BufferedImage brighten(BufferedImage image) { float a = 1.5f; float b = -20.0f; RescaleOp op = new RescaleOp(a, b, null); return filter(image, op); } public static BufferedImage filter(final BufferedImage image, BufferedImageOp op) { BufferedImage filteredImage = new BufferedImage(image.getWidth(), image.getHeight(), image.getType()); op.filter(image, filteredImage); return filteredImage; } }