Chemical-style black and white editing!

I'm Gavin, and Emulsion 4 is the chemical action pack. Built with absolute authenticity on a decade of refinement. Gavin's signature actions let you edit B&W with authentic darkroom emulsions like Platinum, Cyanotype, Collodion, and Selenium. It all started when Gavin discovered platinum prints and said... "I'm going to make that for digital." - Watch the video.

 

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The new Emulsion 4 is a totally re-engineered system. In includes everything you need to create artisan black and white chemical edits that are deep and sensitive. Whether you start with a color image or convert to black and white first, Emulsion 4 will give you that finished iconic look in Photoshop CS6-CC.

What Signature Emulsion users are saying...

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I just bought the package and tried it with one of my photos and the results are pretty amazing.

Andreas Heuer

Love it. Takes a bit of getting used to. Almost darkroom, but not quite

Kerry Blakeney-williams

They rock!

I very much like your pre-sets and actions. They rock!

Michael Messina

I just tried the Platinum action on scanned 4x5 images

I just tried the Platinum action on scanned 4x5 images, and it looks gorgeous on-screen and printed on Japanese Washi paper. This is the look I have been looking for. Thank you.

Richard Man

quite pleased...

I am quite pleased with the results. Thank You Gavin.

Ernst Ulrich Schafer

This is the look I have been looking for. Thank you.

Richard Man

I especially like the Platinum look. It's so great, I converted the results of the action into a LUT. What's missing? A nice sepia tone.

Glenn Mitchell

What's new in Emulsion 4

  • All 4 remastered Emulsions. - Platinum, Cyanotype, Wet Plate, and the new Selenium Bath.. 
  •  Totally new tinting system based on darkroom images. Use an emulsion as is, or adjust with new master controls
  • Re-Mix. Try variants, switch between looks non destructively or combine them up the new V4 edit group. 
  • Natural water staining and improved seamless texture.
  • Instant mods let you adjust as fast as your chemical look adapts on the fly.
  • Combine yourself! The V4 process lets you add one look like Platinum, and then mix in more for chemical magic.
  • LIVE Zone map lets you see your light!
  • Works in Photoshop CS6-CC

Switch tones, create advanced atmosphere, thin your bath, re-mix.

I took this photo and did 8 different chemical edits in a couple minutes. Every emulsion and tone you apply in Emulsion 4 has an out-of-the-box look. Then you can insanity adjust tint intensity with the intelligent master tint layer. Or mix it with gold dust mods, and other instant layers. Or do a re-mix with 1-click. Even real paper and texture that uses select seamless variants from Naked Darkroom.

In version 4 everything is simple - Run the master action and get the Classic Platinum look. Switch it to any of the other tones, or you can mix them up to create a more complex atmosphere. Don't like what you see, with a click you can reset and keep playing.  Emulsion 4 lets you tone and mix without limits as if you have the actual chemicals in your own darkroom.

 

Your iconic platinum has arrived.

The deep 3-dimensional richness of Platinum and other early era toning is not easy to replicate. So Emulsion 4 uses the power of Photoshop and now with a gradient mask toning. It makes tones rich, intelligent and adaptable for every tone in your photo, in real-time. You simply run the action and it gives you all the control you want with no secrets.

They came from the darkroom.

Every look in the version 4 system has more authentic darkroom tones sampled from real chemical prints. Thanks to the master tone layer, inspired by the Gradient Mask system of BlackRoom. In fact, Emulsion 4 works great alongside BlackRoom. It even includes the Live tone map from Lumist 2 give you real feedback on what's happening with your light. Use Emulsion 4 by itself, or use it beside our other action packs with smooth integration.



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Advanced edits, even if you don’t know Photoshop!

Emulsion eliminates the limitations and slowdown of a plugin. It uses Photoshops native tools to master your photo fast. Emulsion 4 builds everything with a click. Then you can just it as needed and add mods like tone and variants with another click. Even paper textures and water stains are easy. Emulsion 4 adds the included seamless textures. Because selections from the Naked Darkroom texture pack are integrated into the actions.

Try some more real world examples from emulsion 4

                   

I'm Gavin Seim. I'm a Shadow Hunter

I started photography in 1997 at age 12. I'm a PPA Master, Hot One and Loan Collection winner and Lightroom expert. My images, tools and workshops have been featured in books and throughout the industry.
 

I was born in WA USA. I started working pro (using that word loosely as I sucked) using film at age 16. It was not easy to find training then and often I beat my head against the wall to win. 20+ years in the trenches earned me my Masters (M.Photog) from PPA but it taught me that's just the start.


I moved to Mexico in 2017, exploring the magical light of the South, creating tools and workshops as well as the Pro Photo Podcast. There's lots of videos and free things here. If you have questions I'm here to help

You're rightly skeptical of photography tools in today's market. That's why all sales are NOT FINAL here. I guarantee each tool and workshop with my 31 day No-Regrets Guarantee! -- 
Gavin Seim


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