How to fast change image brightness with python + OpenCV?

Question

I have a sequence of images. I need to average brightness of these images.

First example (very slow):

img = cv2.imread(\'test.jpg\')         


        

Answer 1

Hope this is useful for someone

@Divakar answer Python, OpenCV: Increasing image brightness without overflowing UINT8 array

mImage = cv2.imread('image1.jpg')

hsvImg = cv2.cvtColor(mImage,cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)

value = 0

vValue = hsvImg[...,2]
hsvImg[...,2] = np.where((255-vValue)

To decrease the brightness

mImage = cv2.imread('image1.jpg')

hsvImg = cv2.cvtColor(mImage,cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)

# decreasing the V channel by a factor from the original
hsvImg[...,2] = hsvImg[...,2]*0.6

plt.subplot(111), plt.imshow(cv2.cvtColor(hsvImg,cv2.COLOR_HSV2RGB))
plt.title('brightened image'), plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])
plt.show()