Nik Perspective Efex
Fix optical distortions and geometry with a single click.
One of eight powerful plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop® and Lightroom Classic® offering endless creative possibilities.
- Camera: Fujifilm GFX 50S
- Lens: 17 mm f/4
- Parameters: ISO 100 - 1/160s - f/10 - 17mm
- Adobe Photoshop
- Nik Perspective Efex – Nik Silver Efex
Very quick, simple and powerful to use.
Digital Camera World


- Camera: Canon 5D Mark II
- Lens: 70-300 f/4.5
- Parameters: ISO 100 – 1/500s – f/8 – 100mm
- Adobe Lightroom
- Nik Perspective Efex
Correct your perspective
Shooting with a perspective that’s not ideal can ruin an otherwise fantastic photo. Verticals can collapse towards one another or horizontals might end up converging and ruining a sense of symmetry.
Fortunately, it’s possible to correct these problems with Nik Perspective Efex.
Fix subjects stretched by the edge of the frame
Volume deformation can often occur in group photos taken with wide-angle lenses, stretching people and making them look larger than reality.
Nik Perspective Efex can


- Camera: PANASONIC DC-S1R
- Lens: 16-35mm f/4
- Parameters: ISO 200 – 1/125s - f/8 - 16mm
- DxO PureRAW
- Nik Perspective Efex
Correct optical distortions
Even the best lenses aren’t perfect and when it comes to architecture and urban landscapes, you can’t always rely on your gear to get the lines and angles completely right.
DxO tests equipment in laboratory conditions, producing an extensive database of camera bodies and lenses. With these DxO Optics Modules, all types of distortion — from barrel to pincushion — can be
(Please note that Nik Perspective Efex is not compatible with Serif Affinity Photo as it does not allow plug-ins to perform geometric transformations.)


- Camera: CANON EOS 5DS
- Lens: 15mm f/2.8
- Parameters: ISO 200 – 1/200s - f/8 - 15mm
- DxO PhotoLab
- Nik Perspective Efex
Simulate bokeh and create miniature worlds
Choose how to direct your viewer’s gaze by creating a dramatically shallow depth of field.
The Miniature Effect tool in Nik Perspective Efex produces a perfect transition from sharp to blurred, creating the soft, subtle bokeh of a lens with a very wide aperture.
Miniature Effects is perfect for product photography — food especially — and can turn landscape photos into miniature scenes.
- Camera: NIKON D4
- Lens: 70-200mm f/2.8
- Parameters: ISO 160 –1/125s -f/5.6 -70mm
- DxO PhotoLab
- Nik Perspective Efex