How do I get my PixelPanda API key?

Log in to pixelpanda.ai, open your Profile and copy the key under API Token. It starts with pk_live_. Paste it into the PixelPanda API credential in n8n.

How do long-running jobs work in n8n?

Generation operations return a Job ID. Add a Wait node, then a Get Job operation to collect the finished image or video URLs — or loop with an IF node until status is completed.

Can I process images from any source?

Yes — anything that yields a public image URL: HTTP Request, Google Sheets, Airtable, Shopify, WooCommerce, S3, FTP, webhooks. Results come back as hosted URLs you can pass to any other node.

Does PixelPanda also work with Zapier or Make?

Yes — a public Zapier integration with 20 actions and a Make app with 20 modules are both live.

n8n Community Node

Self-hosted AI image automation

Install n8n-nodes-pixelpanda and every n8n workflow can remove backgrounds, upscale, generate product scenes, dress AI models and render UGC videos — on your own server, with no per-task fees.

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Operations

Open

Source (MIT)

1 credit

Most operations

// Install in n8n
Settings → Community Nodes
Install → n8n-nodes-pixelpanda
Credential → pk_live_ API key
Node → PixelPanda (19 operations)

AI Image Processing Inside Your Own n8n

n8n runs on your infrastructure with no per-execution pricing — which makes it the natural home for image pipelines that touch hundreds of files a day. The PixelPanda node gives those pipelines professional AI output.

One node, nineteen operations. Clean up incoming images: Remove Background, Remove Text, Enhance, Unblur, Colorize. Scale them: 2x, 4x or 8x AI upscaling. Generate marketing assets: lifestyle product scenes, product photos on AI models, virtual try-on, reusable avatars, lip-synced UGC videos. Everything takes a public image URL in and returns hosted result URLs out, ready for the next node.

What you can chain together

Clean-up — Remove Background, Make Transparent, Remove Text, Enhance, Unblur, Colorize, Convert Format.
Upscaling — 2x, 4x or 8x with fast, balanced or high-detail modes.
Generation — Generate Product Photos, Product Photo With Model, Virtual Try-On, Generate Avatar, Edit With AI, Replace Background, Apply Art Style.
Video — Generate UGC Video from a still with native AI speech and lip-sync.
Utilities — Image to Prompt, Create Product, and job polling for async work.

Popular Workflows

Patterns that fit n8n's strengths: volume, self-hosting, full control.

PIM → listing-ready images

Hundreds of SKUs flow through Remove Background and Generate Product Photos with zero marginal automation cost.

Watch folder → print-ready

Every new AI artwork is upscaled 4x-8x in high-detail mode and pushed to fulfilment automatically.

Sheet → white background

Rows of phone photos become marketplace-compliant white-background images, URLs written back per row.

Airtable → UGC video

A record with a still and a script becomes a lip-synced video via Generate UGC Video + Wait + Get Job.

Webhook → processed image

POST an image URL to an n8n webhook, get back a cutout, upscale or edit — your own image API.

Data-sensitive pipelines

Orchestration stays on your infrastructure; only the image URL and result travel to the API.

Free node, your server, your rules

MIT-licensed, on npm, installs from the n8n UI in under a minute.

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How It Works

Install once, automate forever.

Install the node

Settings → Community Nodes → Install → n8n-nodes-pixelpanda. Under a minute.

Add the credential

Create a PixelPanda API credential with the pk_live_ key from your Profile page.

Add the node

Drop PixelPanda into any workflow and pick one of 19 operations.

Map and run

Map the image URL from any previous node; results return as hosted URLs.

Who Uses PixelPanda + n8n

Builders who want AI imagery without a per-task toll.

High-volume stores

Hundreds of SKUs a week flow from the PIM through background removal and scene generation with zero marginal automation cost.

Print-on-demand sellers

A watch-folder workflow upscales every new AI artwork 4x-8x in high-detail mode and pushes print-ready files to fulfilment.

Agencies with client pipelines

Each client gets a workflow: intake form to background removal to scene variants to a shared folder, all on the agency's own n8n.

Developers & tinkerers

The node is one building block; mix it with HTTP Request, Code nodes and webhooks for pipelines no SaaS automation tool can express.

Data-sensitive teams

Orchestration stays on your infrastructure — only the image URL and result travel to the PixelPanda API.

Content teams

Airtable record in, lip-synced UGC video out — with a Wait node and Get Job polling handled inside the same workflow.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I install the PixelPanda n8n node?

On self-hosted n8n: Settings → Community Nodes → Install → n8n-nodes-pixelpanda. You can also npm install it into your custom nodes directory. The package is MIT-licensed and on npm.

What operations does it support?

Nineteen: Remove Background, Make Transparent, Upscale (2x/4x/8x), Enhance, Unblur, Remove Text, Edit With AI, Replace Background, Apply Art Style, Colorize, Convert Format, Image to Prompt, Create Product, Generate Product Photos, Product Photo With Model, Virtual Try-On, Generate Avatar, Generate UGC Video and job polling.

Does it work on n8n Cloud?

Community nodes install today on self-hosted n8n. We have applied for n8n's verified community node program, which makes nodes installable on n8n Cloud.

How much does it cost?

The node is free and open source. Operations spend PixelPanda credits at the web-app rate: 1 credit for most image operations, 2 for AI edits, 50 per UGC video. Self-hosted n8n adds no per-execution fees.

How do long-running jobs work?

Generation operations return a Job ID. Add a Wait node, then Get Job to collect results — or loop with an IF node until the status is completed.

Where does the image come from?

Any node that yields a public image URL: HTTP Request, Google Sheets, Airtable, Shopify, S3, FTP, webhooks. Results are hosted URLs ready for the next node.

Does PixelPanda work with Zapier or Make too?

Yes — a public Zapier integration (20 actions) and a Make app (20 modules) are both live.