You have a folder of product photos that need to be print-ready. Or AI-generated images that came out a little soft. Or a client asking for “higher resolution” on everything you’ve sent them this week.<\/p>\n
You could open each image in Photoshop, export, upload to an upscaling service, wait, download, rename, repeat. Or you could just tell Claude:<\/p>\n
“Upscale all the images in my \/products folder to 4x.”<\/em><\/p>\n That’s it. Claude reads the folder, sends each image through PixelPanda’s AI upscaler, and saves the results. No tabs, no uploads, no waiting around watching progress bars.<\/p>\n This guide walks you through the setup \u2014 about 3 minutes \u2014 and then shows you what’s possible.<\/p>\n Open your terminal and run:<\/p>\n That’s the entire installation. The package includes 33 AI image tools \u2014 upscaling, enhancement, background removal, product photography, and more.<\/p>\n Keep this token private. It’s tied to your account and credits.<\/p>\n Open your Claude Desktop config file:<\/p>\n Add the PixelPanda server:<\/p>\n Restart Claude Desktop.<\/p>\n Add to Restart Claude Code. You should see PixelPanda’s tools in the available tools list.<\/p>\n Just tell Claude what you want:<\/p>\n “Upscale this image to 4x: https:\/\/example.com\/my-photo.jpg”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Claude calls PixelPanda’s AI upscaler and returns the result URL. The upscaled image is stored permanently \u2014 you can download it anytime.<\/p>\n “Upscale ~\/Desktop\/product-shot.png to 4x”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Claude reads the file from your machine, sends it through the upscaler, and gives you the result.<\/p>\n For large format printing (posters, banners, trade show displays):<\/p>\n “I need this image print-ready at 300 DPI for a 24×36 poster. Upscale it as much as needed.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Claude will calculate the required resolution and choose the right scale factor.<\/p>\n “Upscale every PNG in my ~\/products\/photos folder to 4x”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Claude iterates through the folder and upscales each image. You get back a list of result URLs.<\/p>\n The 2x option uses Real-ESRGAN (fast). The 4x and 8x options use Clarity Upscaler, which handles any image size through intelligent tiling \u2014 no GPU memory limits.<\/p>\n You can also specify a quality mode:<\/p>\n “Upscale this to 2x using high quality mode”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Enhancement is different from upscaling \u2014 it sharpens, denoises, restores faces, and fixes artifacts. PixelPanda runs 4 different AI enhancement methods in parallel and gives you all the results so you can pick the best one.<\/p>\n “Enhance this image: https:\/\/example.com\/blurry-photo.jpg”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Claude returns multiple variants:<\/p>\n Each enhance costs 1 credit and you get all 4 variants.<\/p>\n AI-generated product photos sometimes come out a little soft or have minor artifacts. Enhancement fixes that:<\/p>\n “These AI product photos look slightly soft. Can you enhance them?”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n “This photo is from 2005 and looks pretty rough. Can you restore it?”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The AI Restore and Full Restore variants are specifically designed for this \u2014 they reconstruct missing detail and fix compression artifacts.<\/p>\n The real power is chaining operations:<\/p>\n “Enhance this photo first, then upscale the best result to 4x for printing”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Claude runs the enhancement, picks the best variant, and feeds it into the upscaler. Two operations, one sentence.<\/p>\n Once you have the MCP connected, you’re not limited to upscaling and enhancement. The same connection gives you:<\/p>\n All through natural conversation with Claude.<\/p>\n “Tool not found” or Claude doesn’t see PixelPanda tools<\/strong> “Invalid or missing API token”<\/strong> “Insufficient credits”<\/strong> Upscale is slow<\/strong> You’ve got a direct line from Claude to professional image processing. No context-switching, no manual uploads, no browser tabs. Just say what you need and it happens.<\/p>\n Start with one image. Upscale it. Enhance it. Then try a batch. Once you see the workflow, you won’t go back to doing it manually.<\/p>\n
\nWhat You’ll Need<\/h2>\n
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\nStep 1: Install the MCP Server<\/h2>\n
pip install pixelpanda-mcp\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
\nStep 2: Get Your API Token<\/h2>\n
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pk_live_<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\nStep 3: Connect to Claude<\/h2>\n
Claude Desktop<\/h3>\n
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~\/Library\/Application Support\/Claude\/claude_desktop_config.json<\/code><\/li>\n%APPDATA%\\Claude\\claude_desktop_config.json<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n{\n "mcpServers": {\n "pixelpanda": {\n "command": "pixelpanda-mcp",\n "env": {\n "PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN": "pk_live_your_token_here"\n }\n }\n }\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\nClaude Code<\/h3>\n
~\/.claude\/claude_code_config.json<\/code>:<\/p>\n{\n "mcpServers": {\n "pixelpanda": {\n "command": "pixelpanda-mcp",\n "env": {\n "PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN": "pk_live_your_token_here"\n }\n }\n }\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
\nUpscaling Images<\/h2>\n
Basic Upscale<\/h3>\n
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Upscale a Local File<\/h3>\n
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Print-Ready 8x<\/h3>\n
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Batch Upscale a Folder<\/h3>\n
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Scale Options and Pricing<\/h3>\n
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\n \nScale<\/th>\n Credits<\/th>\n Speed<\/th>\n Best For<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n 2x<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n ~5-8 seconds<\/td>\n Quick size bump<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4x<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n ~30-60 seconds<\/td>\n E-commerce, social media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8x<\/td>\n 5<\/td>\n ~2-3 minutes<\/td>\n Print, large format<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Quality Modes<\/h3>\n
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\nEnhancing Images<\/h2>\n
Basic Enhance<\/h3>\n
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Enhance AI-Generated Images<\/h3>\n
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Fix Old or Damaged Photos<\/h3>\n
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\nCombining Upscale + Enhance<\/h2>\n
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\nOther Things You Can Do<\/h2>\n
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\nTroubleshooting<\/h2>\n
\n– Make sure you restarted Claude after editing the config
\n– Check that pixelpanda-mcp<\/code> is installed: pip show pixelpanda-mcp<\/code>
\n– Verify the command path: which pixelpanda-mcp<\/code><\/p>\n
\n– Double-check your token starts with pk_live_<\/code>
\n– Make sure it’s in the env<\/code> section of your MCP config, not args<\/code>
\n– Regenerate the token at pixelpanda.ai if it’s not working<\/p>\n
\n– Check your balance: ask Claude “How many PixelPanda credits do I have?”
\n– Top up at pixelpanda.ai\/pricing<\/a><\/p>\n
\n– 4x and 8x use Clarity Upscaler which takes 30-180 seconds depending on image size
\n– 2x uses Real-ESRGAN and finishes in 5-8 seconds
\n– Large images (4K+) take longer due to tiling<\/p>\n
\nWhat’s Next<\/h2>\n