Pixometry for Enfocus Switch
Automate image enhancement, background removal, and AI upscaling inside your Switch workflows. Drop images into a folder, let Pixometry process them via its cloud service, and route the results downstream — all without leaving your Switch flow.
What this app does
The Pixometry flow element submits each incoming file to your Pixometry account for processing. Choose which processing channel to use (Image Enhancement, Background Removal, AI Upscaling, or any custom channel configured in your Pixometry account), and the element:
- Uploads the source file to Pixometry Cloud
- Polls until processing completes
- Downloads the processed result back to your Switch job folder
- Routes the job to the success or error output connection
The processed file replaces the source file on the way through your flow, so downstream elements see the enhanced version automatically.
Who it's for
- Print shops normalising colour, resolution, and format across variable image sources
- Retailers and catalogue producers removing backgrounds and preparing e-commerce imagery at scale
- Prepress teams integrating cloud-based image enhancement into existing Switch flows without changing their operator-facing workflow
- Publishers and newspapers automating cover art, editorial imagery, and batch enhancement pipelines
Key features
- Any Pixometry channel — the Channel property populates a dropdown from your account's live channel list, or accepts variable substitutions for per-job routing
- Full metadata-driven configuration — every property supports Switch's Single-line text with variables editor, so you can drive channel selection, crop coordinates, output dimensions, and DPI from JobTicket fields, XMP metadata, sidecar XML datasets, or upstream flow variables
- Per-image crop and resize — pass CropX, CropY, CropWidth, CropHeight in pixels of the source image plus OutputWidthMm × OutputHeightMm at your target DPI; Pixometry crops on the source, then resamples to the final on-page dimensions
- Job tags for advanced routing — attach up to 50 key-value tags per job (name, value pairs from your CMS) that Pixometry can match against for variant selection inside a single channel
- Large file support — files under 100 MB use the multipart API endpoint; larger files (typically layered PSDs and PDFs) use Pixometry's three-step presigned S3 upload automatically, no operator configuration
- PDF processing — PDFs are processed page by page with all embedded images enhanced according to your channel settings; the result is returned as a PDF with the same page structure
- Companion XML log file — every processed image is accompanied by a companion .xml log alongside the routed output containing processing steps, timing, tags, and result metadata; downstream flow elements can bind variables to XPath queries against this log for archiving, audit trails, or conditional routing
- Configurable job timeout — default 30 minutes; extend for PDF-heavy flows that submit hundreds of pages per job
Requirements
- A Pixometry account with at least one channel configured (free 50-credit trial available at pixometry.com)
- Your Pixometry API key (generate from your account's API keys page)
- Your Pixometry server URL (defaults to https://app.pixometry.com)
- Enfocus Switch with the Scripting module enabled
How to use it
- Install the app in Switch Designer via Apps → Install app
- Drag the Pixometry element into your flow between an input folder and your success/error routing
- Select the element and configure the properties in the Properties pane:
- ApiBase: https://app.pixometry.com (or your staging environment)
- ApiKey: paste your API key
- Channel: pick a channel from the dropdown, or bind to a variable for dynamic routing
- (Optional) CropX/Y/Width/Height, OutputWidthMm/HeightMm, OutputDpi for per-image geometry overrides
- (Optional) tag properties for metadata that drives channel variants
- Activate the flow. Any file entering the input folder is submitted, processed, and routed on the success connection with the processed file replacing the source
About Pixometry
Pixometry is a Dutch image-processing company founded in 1997 with roots in the Hasselblad camera family. The core enhancement engine has been in production at newspapers and print shops for over two decades and now powers cloud-based automation for publishers and retailers worldwide.
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