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Nik HDR Efex

Rebuilt from the ground up, Nik HDR Efex produces vibrant and natural-looking HDR images.

Crafting stunning photos by intelligently stitching and blending your images with just a few clicks.

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©  Martin Morgenweck  - 2022
Sri Lanka
Shooting settings:
  • Camera: DJI Mini 3 Pro
  • Lens: DJI Mini 3 Pro Lens
  • Parameters: ISO 100 - 1/2500s - f/1.7 - 24mm
Image processing:
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Nik HDR Efex
©  Martin Morgenweck  - 2022

An excellent level of control without feeling overly complicated

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6 reasons why you will love Nik HDR Efex

1

Blend images with ease

Take the effort out of HDR photos with tools that deliver quick results

2

Get natural results or go extreme

Produce gorgeous, realistic blends or get creative

3

Make local adjustments with precision

U Point™ technology allows you to fine-tune exposure, contrast, and more

4

Choose from a wide range of presets

Start your workflow with a preset and then fine-tune for perfect results

5

Use on single images

Don’t have a sequence of different exposures? No problem!

6

High-quality results

Flawless images, ready for printing, with minimum effort

Merge your images

Great HDR images begin with multiple photos of the same subject, all taken with different exposures using a camera’s bracketing function.

Nik HDR Efex does all the calculations and takes out the effort of merging multiple exposures to produce dramatic HDR photos that are both stunning and natural-looking.

Merging exposures…

©  Alexandre Gendon  - 2023
Faverges, France
Shooting settings:
  • Camera: Canon EOS R5
  • Lens: 15-35 mm f/2.8
  • Parameters: ISO 100 - 1/400s - f/2.8 - 15mm
Image processing:
  • PureRAW
  • Nik HDR Efex – Nik Perspective Efex
©  Alexandre Gendon  - 2023

Capture professional-quality photographs, full of detail

By blending multiple exposures together, Nik HDR Efex will take your photography to another level. In this real estate photo, by balancing interior and exterior light, the image feels natural and gives viewers a sense of what lies beyond the windows.

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Works brilliantly on single images

Although many HDR photos involve multiple exposures, sometimes you might want that HDR look but only have one image to work with.

With Nik HDR Efex, an advanced tone-mapping algorithm can expand the dynamic range of a single image to give that HDR feel. It’s the perfect tool for adding drama to your favorite landscape shots.

©  AG Photographe  - 2022
Paris, France
Shooting settings:
  • Camera: Nikon D850
  • Lens: 150-600 mm f/5-6.3
  • Parameters: ISO 200 - 1/400s - f/13 - 270mm
Image processing:
  • PureRAW
  • Nik Color Efex – Nik HDR Efex
©  AG Photographe  - 2022
©  Scott Stulberg  - 2017
Flatiron, New York City, USA
Shooting settings:
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
  • Lens: 24-105mm f/4
  • Parameters: ISO 1250 - 1/8s - f/11 - 45mm
Image processing:
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Nik HDR - Nik Analog Efex
©  Scott Stulberg  - 2017
UPDATED IN VERSION 6

An intelligently designed interface

Rebuilt from the ground up for Nik Collection 6, the newly refined, elegant interface of HDR Efex is designed to be intuitive and conducive to smart image enhancement.

Giving you absolute precision

As with other Nik Collection plugins, Nik HDR Efex uses U Point™ technology to give you complete regional control over your images.

With U Point™ technology, Control Points can be used to apply changes — exposure, contrast, saturation — exactly where you want them.

©  Kah-Wai Lin  - 2010
USA
Shooting settings:
  • Camera: Canon EOS 400D
  • Lens: 10-22mm f/3.5
  • Parameters: ISO 100 - 15s - f/11 - 10mm
Image processing:
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Nik HDR
©  Kah-Wai Lin  - 2010

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8 Premium Plugins for Photoshop and Lightroom Classic
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