Fisheye Filter: How to Add Fisheye Effect to Your Photo

Want to apply fisheye lens effect to your photo? What you need is a fisheye filter, which can be found in some of the photo editing tools. 

And in this blog, we will show you how to recreate this aesthetic fish bowl effect by using YouCam Perfect. Read on!

What is Fisheye Effect?

The fisheye effect is typically created using a fisheye camera filter. When you use this type of lens on your camera to take a picture, your photo will have a unique curved or distorted appearance, similar to the view through a fishbowl.

The center of the picture will be bigger than the rest of the image, almost as if you're peering through a small, rounded window. Many people love the fisheye effect for its unique, vintage vibe, which adds a nostalgic touch to both photos and films.

What’s interesting is that now you can also create this effect using photo editing tools or social media apps like TikTok, even if you don’t have a camera fisheye lens.

In the following, we’ll show you how to apply this fisheye lens filter using YouCam Perfect. No physical fisheye lens required!

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How to Apply Fisheye Filter to Photo?

To get a perfect fisheye or fishbowl effect on your photo, here's how it works: (make sure to download YouCam Perfect to your device)

• Upload your photo by taping on "Photo Edit" on the homepage
• Navigate to the Tools section and tap on "Fisheye Filter"
• Place the enhancer tool at the center of the picture, and use the slider to make this part of the image bigger

• Save this image first, then go back to the homepage and tap on the feature "Collage"
• Choose the image you just edited, and apply a fisheye lens style to the picture (You can find it under Poster > Classic section)

👆 If you don't want to distort your image, you can also skip the first few steps and just apply the collage effect to the image.

• Feel free to add an extra touch by blurring the edges. This will create a better result (You can find this tool through: Edit > Tools > Blur)
• You can also control the blurring effect with the slider

👉 Read More: How to Add Vignette Effect to Photos

💡Bonus Tip: How to Create a Natural Fishbowl Effect

If you want to create a more natural fisheye effect, we will recommend you to try the following skills:

1. For a picture with a person in it, you can use the Fish Eye Filter to adjust the head (make it larger) and the lower body (make it smaller). This will create a better fisheye result

You can also go to Edit > Tools > Vignette to apply a softer fisheye filter style

1. Post-editing fisheye filters usually work best for scenes or objects. For photos of people, it's best to use images taken from slightly above.

Try fisheye filter on your pictures and see which one works out best

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3 Apps that Provide Camera Fisheye Effect

Besides getting yourself a fisheye lens attachment or do post editing to add fisheye filters on your pictures, here are 3 apps that can give you similar fish eye lens effect:

#1 Fisheye Lens Pro

• Available in Android, with 3.8 rating
• Provide fisheye lens effect in live camera, photo and video editing

#2 TikTok

• Available in iOS and Android, with rating of 4.7 and 4 
• Provide fisheye lens effect in live camera only. Can take both fisheye effect pictures or videos

#3 FishEyeVideo Square

• Available in iOS, with a rating of 4.6
• Can record creative fisheye video and capture photo when recording

Common FAQs about Fisheye Filter