Astro Panel X 2026??

First time I'm hearing about it. Tried to open the 'learn' video on their website, but there was no active link on that page.

Oscar H.:
the layout looks cool; I wonder how well the tools work though

edit: wait what, 30,000 people have used this?

edit 2: they actually don't have any free trial for this? that's dumb.

30,000 people from other planets

Why does it say "MORE THAN 30.000 SATISFIED CLIENTS"  and 5 stars but you can't click on the stars to see the reviews? I'm feeling skeptical.

Salvatore Iovene:
Why does it say "MORE THAN 30.000 SATISFIED CLIENTS"  and 5 stars but you can't click on the stars to see the reviews? I'm feeling skeptical.

There may indeed be 30,000 "satisfied clients" worldwide, as much (most ??) of its tools are for terrestrial photography.  Even so, I also remain skeptical of their marketing strategies, at least.

Without completely copy/pasting my comment from a different forum, and seeing Jay's and ScottF's replies kinda back up my thoughts. I don't think it's a complete scam. You can find the creator on Youtube and Instagram. He's had an APOD. A funny thing is if you dig enough on the website you can find an update from him 7 weeks ago saying lifetime licenses are going away and "only a few left" but they're still available in the shop part right now.

Anyway, my assessment is that I don't think the plug-in offers anything unique, just easier ways to do things. In some cases, like his hot pixel removal  tool, I'd say it probably hurts more than it helps. Sorry about the AI voice, but I've linked to a portion of the video showing the tool off, and just watch the treeline in the upper right as he enables and disables the tool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZyj6ND0yms&t=668s


Edit: Adding this here. It appears the owner used to post here as well  nearly 10 years ago. And there are some photos (not his) that have older versions of his software listed in the equipment. And looking again even recent versions of it.