Use case · designer / social media creator
Extend any photo beyond its borders with generative AI. Powered by Nano Banana Pro. Works in the browser, ten seconds, no download.
Outpainting is the trick that took Adobe Photoshop years to ship and is now native in Stable Diffusion forks, ComfyUI, and a half-dozen paid SaaS tools. The idea is simple: take a photo, push its borders outward, and let an AI model fill the new edges with content that looks like it was always there. A square Instagram crop becomes a 16:9 banner. A tight portrait becomes a wider scene. A vertical phone shot fills the landscape monitor wallpaper you actually wanted.
The problem with the existing options: Photoshop costs $20/month and the "Generative Expand" lives behind a Creative Cloud login. ComfyUI runs locally but needs a GPU and three hours of setup. Online tools like Clipdrop and Magnific charge $5-20 per credit pack with watermarks on free tier. The simple workflow — drop image, pick which direction to extend, click expand — is surprisingly hard to find for free.
Pixelift's outpaint uses Google's Nano Banana Pro (the same model behind Imagen 4's edge extension). You upload a photo, tap the directions you want to extend (left, right, top, bottom, or all four), and ten seconds later you get the expanded result. The free tier gives you 5 outpaints with 3 daily refills — enough for casual use without ever opening a wallet. If you need batch or commercial-license output, the Plus plan removes the corner watermark and unlocks 4× scale outputs.
Upload your image to the canvas
PNG, JPG, or WEBP up to 20MB. Square or rectangular both work.
Look for: Hero dropzone
Pick which sides to extend
Tap directional arrows on the preview frame. Combine multiple — outpaint top+bottom for portrait→landscape.
Look for: Direction selector below preview
Choose an extension prompt (optional)
Leave blank for context-aware fill, or type "blue sky, soft clouds" to guide the model.
Look for: Prompt input above the Expand button
Click Expand — wait ~10 seconds
The progress ring shows GPU processing. Nano Banana Pro is one of the fastest outpaint models available.
Look for: Purple gradient button
Download the result as PNG
Right-click the result, or use the Download button to save the high-res output.
Look for: Download button on the result panel
Why Pixelift
Adobe Generative Expand costs $20/month and locks behind a Photoshop login. ComfyUI works but needs a GPU and three hours of setup. Pixelift gives you Nano Banana Pro outpaint in the browser, 10 seconds, free for casual use, no signup required for the first try.
Both. Outpainting a portrait to landscape is one of the most common use cases — wedding photos, LinkedIn headshots that need to fit a banner, family photos cropped too tight. Nano Banana Pro handles human subjects without distorting features.
Up to 50% in each direction per pass. To expand more, run outpaint twice — first extend left+right, then top+bottom. Each pass takes about 10 seconds and costs 1 free credit.
Yes for natural scenes (sky, ocean, grass, walls, fabric backgrounds). For complex compositions — a face appearing at the edge, written text, brand logos — give the AI a prompt hint like "continue the green hills" or "plain dark background" to steer the fill.
Free tier outputs have a small "pixelift.pl" watermark in the bottom-right corner (about 4% of image height, semi-transparent). The Plus plan ($39/month) removes the watermark and adds 4× upscale on the output for print-quality results.
Photoshop produces slightly more refined results on premium DSLR-quality photos but requires a $20/month Creative Cloud subscription. For phone photos, social media crops, and quick edits, Pixelift outpaint quality is indistinguishable — and free. We use the same underlying diffusion technology, just hosted server-side instead of running on your local machine.
Yes. Free outputs are licensed under "personal + commercial use" for the user who generated them. The only restriction: you cannot resell the API output as a service yourself. If you need indemnification for enterprise use, the Business plan adds it explicitly.
Cropping cuts content. Outpainting adds. If your original photo has the subject too close to the edge and you need breathing room (for text overlay, banner format, or larger print), outpainting gives you that space without losing any of the original. It is the opposite of cropping.
No signup required for the first try. 5 free credits at registration + 3 daily.
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