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ARCPanel is a Photoshop toolkit designed to help landscape photographers refine images with greater control. Its free luminosity masking panel provides professional 16-bit masks for luminosity, color, and saturation, including lights, darks, midtones, and zone masks. Users can create masks from color or luminosity ranges, combine them by adding, subtracting, or multiplying, refine them with Levels or Curves, and apply them to selections, layers, or adjustment layers. The panel also includes quick previews, shortcuts, and color-grading tools that generate combinations suited to an image.

ARCPanel supports Adobe Photoshop CC 2021 and newer, including modern UXP versions, and works on Apple Silicon and Windows. The free version is available to download, with education access offered for students. ARCPanel Pro is available for €39.95 and adds ARCRetouch tools, including a Solar Curve for spotting image defects, frequency separation, Orton effects, and Dodge & Burn options. ARCSharpen supports batch web sharpening and export, with presets for social networks and web use. The site also provides tutorials, installation guidance, documentation, and FAQs.