If you have DxO ViewPoint installed alongside PhotoLab, you already have everything in Perspective Efex right there in the PhotoLab interface already. If you launch it from DxO PhotoLab, the situation is slightly different. The thing is, if you launch Perspective Efex as a plug-in from Photoshop or Lightroom, you’re using a program that has its own lens and perspective corrections anyway… so the question is whether Perspective Efex adds anything you don’t have already. Lens distortions, including perspective distortions, can undermine your images just as much as color or exposure issues. It fixes some of the biggest visual issues with digital images. That makes Perspective Efex sound pretty boring, but it’s not. This suite breaks down roughly into ‘creative’ plug-ins like Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, HDR Efex Pro and Silver Efex Pro, and ‘corrective’ plug-ins like Dfine, Sharpener Pro, Viveza and now Perspective Efex. Perspective Efex is a really useful and definitely unexpected addition to the DxO Nik Collection 3.

Does not support the new non-destructive process.

As a plug-in, not fully integrated with your software’s tools.

Your host software can probably do some of this already.

Volumetric deformation correction is unique.

Great value as just one plug-in in a whole suite.

Simple one-window correction for all sorts of lens issues.

On the other hand, Perspective Efex doesn’t just potentially do the job better, it does some other things that regular geometric correction tools don’t. The only thing is… most of the host applications you might use to launch this plug-in will have some of these tools already.

It offers geometric perspective, distortion and tilt-shift corrections in a single, user-friendly interface. Perspective Efex is a really nice addition to the DxO Nik Collection 3.

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