Image to Pixel Art Pro Flash, measured

POST /image-to-pixelart-pro-flash (added in PixelLab 0.4.128, October 2026) converts a photo, painting, or render into pixel art. Unlike image-to-pixelart above, it takes no size: PixelLab detects the source's pixel scale and picks the output size. The only other fields are an optional description that steers the style and a seed. Sources over 2048px on the longer side are scaled down upstream.

Measured live, October 2026:

Source	Description	Output	Billed
256×256 opaque render (a knight)	none	108×109, transparent background	6
384×384 opaque render (a mountain keep)	"light dithering"	84×110, transparent background	6

• It is a background job. The submit response carries estimated_generations: 6, pricing_provisional: true, and image_id/source_image_id (the result is also saved to the PixelLab gallery). usage on the submit is null.
• The completed job has usage: {type: "generations", generations: 6} and the image at last_response.images[0] as {type, base64, width, height}. last_response.original_images[0] is the same size, before PixelLab's final "touching up pixels" pass. pixelkiln reads images[0].
• Unlike image-to-pixelart, it keeps alpha: both opaque renders came back with the subject cut out on transparency.

Wired up as pixelkiln pixelate, a standalone command on a loose file like unzoom; see the CLI reference. Use unzoom instead for art that is already pixel art and was only upscaled.

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