Nik Sharpener
Enhance details by creating the ideal amount of sharpness with Nik Sharpener. Whether it’s for printing or a high-resolution display, make your photos crisp and captivating.
One of eight powerful plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop® and Lightroom Classic® offering endless creative possibilities.
- Camera: NIKON D800
- Lens: 105mm f/2.8
- Parameters: ISO 100 - 1/125s - f/16 – 105mm
- Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop
- Nik Color Efex - Nik Sharpener
A great alternative to the sharpening tools available in Photoshop and many users will find it more intuitive.
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- Camera: Phase One IQ160
- Lens: 80mm f/2.8
- Parameters: ISO 100 - 1/200s - f/8 - 80mm
- Capture One - Adobe Photoshop
- Nik Color Efex – Nik Sharpener
Attention to detail
Any image, no matter how good it looks, can be improved by applying just the right level of sharpening.
Nik Sharpener is
The second stage — Output Sharpening — applies a precise amount of sharpening to suit the image’s intended purpose, whether that’s a home printer, a professional lab, or a high-definition display.
Selective sharpening
Sometimes you might only need to sharpen a small area of an image. Selective sharpening can be a great means of directing a viewer’s attention to a particular detail, or making one feature stand out.
As seen across Nik Collection, Nik Sharpener uses U Point™ technology,
- Camera: NIKON Z 6
- Lens: 105mm f/2.8
- Parameters: ISO 125 - 1/200s - f/16 - 105mm
- Adobe Lightroom
- Nik Perspective Efex – Nik Sharpener
- Camera: Nikon D850
- Lens: 400mm f/2.8
- Parameters: ISO 1600 - 1/320s - f/5.6 - 400mm
- Adobe Lightroom – Adobe Photoshop
- Nik Color Efex – Nik Sharpener
Sharpening that’s tailored to your photo’s destination
The Output Sharpening stage applies the
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