And yeah, you can go buy Lightroom presets somewhere else, but for the price that some are charging for Lightroom presets, you’d be way better off to pick up a plug-in like Exposure if you’re in to film effects – you get so much more for the money. Sure I have free Lightroom presets here on the site, but even I’ll admit they don’t come anywhere near this. Here’s the link if you want to check it out (there’s a free trial too). But you can see in the list there’s a ton more. So the Color Misc section is probably the most useful for me. It joins the existing plug-ins in the Google Nik Collection. Welcome to the fourth and final part of this mini-series on Google’s brand new film and camera simulation plug-in, Analog Efex Pro. ![]() I’m mostly a landscape guy and I like color. Free Analog Efex Pro presets - Life after Photoshop. There’s literally hundreds of effects there with little thumbnail previews so you can see ahead of time what they’re going to look like. They’ve already done the work for you in creating all of the popular film effects. ![]() That’s why the presets panel in Exposure 6 is probably going to be the first place you go to. Like I said before, everyone loves their presets in Lightroom. But honestly, I think for Exposure 6 (and many other plug-ins out there), the big thing is presets. Of course the settings in the grains, textures, overlays, bokeh, etc… go beyond what Lightroom can do. But I think the real power comes from 2 things. It’s got the usual Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows and basic stuff. In fact, a big congrats to the folks at Alien Skin because Exposure 5 recently won the PPA Hot One Aware for 2014 (that was before version 6 came out last month).Īnyway, so what does “they just offer way more power” really mean when it comes to plug-ins (I said that above). If you’re in to those effects you’ll definitely want to check it out. Heck, even their tagline for Exposure 6 reads “Digital Images, Analog Soul”. Well, last month Alien Skin released Exposure 6 which is mainly geared at film effects. They just offer way more power, tools, and settings than Lightroom can. I’ve chosen the Classic Camera 5 preset in the Classic Camera category, simply because it seems to suit the vintage feel of this picture of a steam locomotive. But when it comes to film effects, I don’t think you can beat a plug-in. There are a large number of preset effects in Analog Efex Pro, organised into categories. Now, I do think the overall community out there wants to do most of their work in Lightroom which is why presets are popular. Just about every photo app on the iPhone does ’em too. Look at the popularity of the VSCO Film presets for Lightroom (and many others that do something similar). Lately it seems that film effects have taken over the post-processing world. ![]() One of the big areas I hear a lot about is film effects. I keep getting asked about all of the Lightroom plug-ins out there, which is why (a while back) I created a plug-in category here on the site.
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Note also that on the data sheet saturation isnt specified untilĪbout 400ma of base current for 4 amps collector current, and note Note how the voltage characteristic changedįrom roughly parallel to the Y axis to roughly parallel to the X axis Voltage drops more and more, and eventually becomes roughly With increased baseĬurrent eventually the transistor starts to enter saturation, and this isĮvident by noting where the voltage starts to curve drastically.Īs the transistor enters farther into saturation, the collector emitter Though and this is evident by noting that the collector emitter voltageĬharacteristic is roughly parallel to the Y axis. Note that the blue point marks 4 volts and aboutĢ50ma. To help understand saturation, we'll look at the graph for a collectorĬurrent of 4 amps. Here is a graph of collector emitter voltage for four different collectorĬurrent levels (blue, 1, 2, 3, and 4 amps) for a sweeping base currentįrom 10ma to 500ma for the 2N3055 transistor. * SPICE deck TIP3055 model comes right out of the data sheet: Question 4: does it sound like I am on the right track here? What am I missing? I'm probably still a dope no matter what but. To the extent that I think the estimations for V CE and V BE must be "close enough". When I turn around and run all this through SPICE*, the numbers** for I C, I B, V CE, and V BE all come out pretty close, actually. Question 3: The datasheet "On" characteristics shows V BE = 1.8V What is this? Should I be using 1.8V instead of 0.7V for V BE for saturation? So.įinally we get to the point of selecting R B to ensure 48mA base current. I Bsat where the overdrive factor is 2-10, so sayeth Sedra and Smith. ![]() Now, the book says to select I B = Overdrive-Factor = 480mA ÷ 100 (again using h FE at 0.5A from the datasheet) Moving on, the next step is to figure out base saturation current: ![]() How does that relate to the above? Would I use these higher voltages to more accurately calculate for higher I C values? Using a TIP3055, the datasheet says something like V CE=1.1V at I C=4A and V CE=3V at I C=10A. Question 2: The datasheet specifies a V CE under the "on characteristics" for various currents. The book estimates V CE ≈ 0.3V for further calculation. The book talks about how, when driving more than the above I B into the transistor, the CB junction becomes forward biased at about 0.4-0.5V and as a result, V CE is around 0.2 to 0.3V. As you increase I B, β (well, the book calls it β forced) starts to fall. Question 1: β is the same as h FE for an I C of ≈.5A from the datasheet? (Looking at the ON Semi datasheet.Īs I understand it, the idea is that if we drive more than 4.6mA into the base, the transistor enters into saturation, with no significant (or, more to the point, no proportional) gain in I C. This collector current is achieved by driving Start by finding the maximum I B where the transistor is in active mode set V CB = 0 and you get: My book (Microelectronic Circuits, Sedra & Smith) goes through a pretty simple process to make calculations for driving the transistor into saturation. So, I need to find an R B to drive the transistor into saturation. Let's say that R M is given to be 18Ω and V CC is given to be 9V. M stands for motor even though it is a pretty poor approximation of a motor! I'm just telling you that because you may wonder why I am using R M for the collector resistor rather than R C. Eventually I will make this more complex and attempt to drive a small DC motor, but that's a long ways away. 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