Your first pipeline in 5 minutes

A quick walkthrough — drop some images, build a pipeline, click one button, download a zip. No account needed.

This is free — no account, no installation, no credit card. Open readypixl.com and follow along. Takes about five minutes.

Before you start

Grab 3 to 5 test images from your computer — PNG, JPEG, or WebP all work. SVG works too. Keep the batch small for your first run so the preview stays quick and you can see what each step does.

No account? No problem. You can use ReadyPixl without signing up — you'll just be capped at 10 batches per day. Sign up free for 100 per day.

Step 1 — Drop your images in

When the editor loads, you'll see a box in the middle that says "Drop image here."

  • Drag your images from your desktop onto it, or
  • Click the box to pick files from your computer

The first image loads into the big canvas area as your preview. The rest wait in line for when you click Download All.

Step 2 — Add three tools to your pipeline

Find the tool list on the side of the screen (it has a "Search plugins…" box at the top — those are the same as tools, the name in the code is different). Click a tool to add it to your pipeline.

For your first run, add these three in order:

  1. Color Removal — cuts out the background
  2. Trim — cuts off any empty edges left behind
  3. Reposition — puts your image on a custom-sized canvas

Each tool you add shows up as a step in the Selected Tools panel. The canvas updates the preview as you change each step's settings, so you can see how things look before running the full batch.

Step 3 — Change the settings (if you want)

Click any step to open its controls. Don't sweat it — the default settings are fine for most images.

If you want to change something:

  • Trim: set how much space to leave around the edges (try 4 to 10 pixels)
  • Reposition: pick your target width and height. A good starter for Amazon Merch shirts is 4500 by 5400 pixels. Center-center alignment works for most designs.

Step 4 — Drag the steps to change the order (if needed)

Steps run top to bottom. The order matters.

For this pipeline, Color Removal → Trim → Reposition is the right order. Remove the background first (so Trim can find the edges), then trim the edges, then place the result on your target canvas.

If you want to try a different order later, drag the steps up or down in the Selected Tools panel.

Step 5 — Save it as a preset (optional)

Click Save Current Preset to save your pipeline. Give it a name you'll remember, like "Merch shirts" or "Etsy product prep."

Next time you have new images that need the same treatment, one click loads the whole pipeline. No setup.

Step 6 — Run it

Once you have at least 2 images loaded, a Download All button appears in the canvas toolbar. Hover it and you'll see the tooltip "Process and download all images." Click it.

ReadyPixl runs your pipeline on every image you loaded. A progress bar shows up. Small batches finish in under a minute. When it's done, your browser downloads a zip file with every finished image inside. Original filenames are preserved.

That's it. You ran your first pipeline.

Common first-run questions

Do I really not need an account? Right — no signup. You can do up to 10 batches per day this way. Sign up free for 100 per day.

My preview looks great but some images in the batch came out wrong. The preview always shows your first image. If the rest of your batch has very different content (different background colors, much bigger or smaller), the settings tuned for image 1 might not be right for everything else. Click through a few images in the filmstrip at the bottom to check before running the full batch.

The background removal missed some spots. Try adding a Speckle Remover or Transparency Cleaner step after it. Both are free. If that's still not clean enough, the AI Background Removal tool (15 credits per use, sign-in required) handles the trickiest cases.

I want to make my images bigger. Use the AI Upscale tool — paid, 10 credits per image (about 1¢ each at 1,000 credits per $1), sign-in required. For free, the Reposition tool can place a small image on a bigger canvas, but it won't make the image itself sharper.

I hit the 10-batch guest limit. Sign up free to bump it to 100 per day. Or come back tomorrow — the cap resets daily.

My browser feels slow after a big batch. Close the tab and reopen it. That clears out the memory. You'll lose your current pipeline — save it as a preset first if you want to keep it.

Where to go next

  • The pipeline concept — the idea behind all of this
  • Browse the Pipelines section for a deeper look at each tool
  • Browse the Workflows section for complete recipes (Print-on-demand prep, Etsy images, AI image cleanup)