# Batch upscale portrait photos with Real-ESRGAN AI: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Airtable and Google Drive. 9 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/batch-upscale-portrait-photos-with-real-esrgan-ai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Batch upscale portrait photos with Real-ESRGAN AI

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Airtable and Google Drive. 9 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**9 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 3 Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **When clicking ‘Execute workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Create folder** Google Drive *Service*
- 3 **Get Record from Pictures** Airtable *Service*
- 4 **Extract Portrait URLS from Airtable Output** Code *Logic*
- 5 **Loop Over Items** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 6 **Replicate Upscaler** Http Request *Service*
- 7 **Download Upscale** Http Request *Service*
- 8 **Set GDrive Upload Folder ID** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Upload to Google Drive** Google Drive *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 9, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Airtable, Google Drive
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Airtable and Google Drive accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 9 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 9 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fbatch-upscale-portrait-photos-with-real-esrgan-ai)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Airtable](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Airtable#library)[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)

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