very well for colors that can be outside of the 0.0..1.0 range, giving +/- infinity
results.
Now we just use a simple linear contrast factor as proposed by Paolo Sourvinos, and
clamp values to be >= 0, and also make the parameters work more in the 0..1 range
instead of the 0..100 range, to be more consistent with other nodes.
Contrast helps to adjust IBL (HDR images used for background lighting).
Note: In the UI we are caling it Bright instead of Brightness. This copy what Blender composite is doing.
Note2: the algorithm we are using produces pure black when contrast is 100. I'm not a fan of that, but it's a division by zero. I would like to look at other algorithms (what gimp does for example). But that would be only after 2.62.