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Nero AI Make integrationAutomate Nero AI with Make.

Can Make clean up and enlarge your images without you opening Nero AI? The Nero AI Make integration gives you 5 action modules for image work. This guide shows how to link your API key, then walks you through a first scenario, step by step.

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What you can automate

What does the Nero AI Make integration do?

The Nero AI Make integration lets a Make scenario (the automation you build, a chain of steps) send images to Nero AI and get the edited version back, with no code. Each step is a module, one brick of the scenario. Nero AI brings five of them, and all five are actions: they do something when the scenario reaches them.

Product shots on a clean backdrop. An online store receives supplier photos from another app. Remove Background strips the backdrop, and the next module files the result where the catalog team picks it up.

Sharper visuals for a blog or a slide deck. A content team drops small images into a shared tool; Upscale an Image enlarges them before they go further down the chain.

Profile pictures for a community. Generate an Avatar V2 creates an avatar for each new member that another app sends to the scenario, as its name suggests.

What Make does not do here: Nero AI has no trigger, so it cannot start a scenario by itself. You start it with another app or with the schedule Make puts on the first module. Make's own documentation for this app is AI-generated from Nero AI's docs and asks you to verify important details with Nero AI. For a wider view, read our Make review or the Make pricing guide. The same app often exists in n8n too; n8n vs Make compares the two tools.

Connect

How do you connect Nero AI to Make?

  1. 01

    Get your API key in Nero AI

    You need a registered Nero account first. Logged in, open the API section of your account, click Get API Key, and copy the key Nero AI displays. Keep it somewhere safe, since Make will ask for it in a moment.

  2. 02

    Add a Nero AI module in Make

    In your scenario, add any Nero AI module and click Create a connection. A connection is your Nero AI account linked to Make once, then reused by every Nero AI module. The Connection name field is optional; a clear name helps if you manage several accounts.

  3. 03

    Paste the key and save

    Paste the API key you copied into the credentials field and confirm. Make stores the connection, and from then on every Nero AI module in any of your scenarios can pick it from the list instead of asking for the key again.

First scenario

Build your first scenario with Nero AI

GoalWhen another app hands over a new image, Make sends it to Nero AI and then enlarges the cleaned result.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    From the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the +. Since Nero AI has no trigger, the first module comes from the app that holds your images, such as a storage or form tool.

  2. 02

    Add Remove Background

    Click the + to the right of that first module, search for Nero AI and pick Remove Background. Select your connection, then map the image coming from the previous module into the module fields.

  3. 03

    Chain Upscale an Image

    Click the + again and add Upscale an Image. Map the output of Remove Background into it, so the image that gets enlarged is the cleaned one and not the original photo.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once. Make runs the scenario a single time and shows the bundles, the items each module received and passed on. Open them to check that both Nero AI steps returned what you expected.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch it on

    Open the clock on the first module to set the schedule, which is every 15 minutes by default on a new scenario, then switch the scenario on. Each module run on one bundle counts as one operation on your plan.

Modules

What can Nero AI do in Make?

Nero AI gives you 5 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Nero AI1

Generate an Avatar V2

ActionIn the docs only

You get an avatar produced by Nero AI straight inside your scenario, ready to pass to the next module. It saves a trip to the Nero AI interface each time a new face or profile needs a picture.

When to use it
a new member signs up through another app and you want a profile picture created for them without anyone opening Nero AI.
Watch out
Make's documentation lists no field details for this module, so check the options it shows once your connection exists.
Nero AI2

Make an API Call

ActionIn the docs only

This module reaches any endpoint of the Nero AI API with the connection you already set up, so you are not limited to the four ready-made modules. It is the way to use a Nero AI feature that has no dedicated module in Make.

When to use it
the Nero AI API documentation describes an option you need and none of the other modules offers it.
Watch out
you build the request yourself, so keep the Nero AI API reference open while you fill it in.
Nero AI3

Query Task Result

ActionIn the docs only

Its name says what it gives you: the result of a Nero AI task, fetched back into the scenario so later modules can use it. Make's documentation does not describe which modules create such tasks.

When to use it
a previous Nero AI step did not hand back a finished image in its bundle and you need to collect the output.
Watch out
run the scenario once and read the bundles of the earlier Nero AI module before adding this one, to see whether it is needed at all.
Nero AI4

Remove Background

ActionIn the docs only

Hand it an image and you get the subject cut out from its backdrop, ready for a catalog, a banner or a profile page. Handy when supplier photos arrive in every possible style.

When to use it
product or portrait photos land in another app and must look consistent before anyone publishes them.
Watch out
if you also enlarge the picture, map the cleaned image into Upscale an Image rather than the original one.
Nero AI5

Upscale an Image

ActionIn the docs only

Your small picture comes back larger through Nero AI, without anyone editing it by hand. It fits at the end of a chain, once the image has been cleaned or chosen.

When to use it
a marketing team receives images too small for print or a website header and wants them enlarged as soon as they come in.
Watch out
each image processed counts as one operation on your Make plan, so filter out pictures that are already large enough.
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FAQ

Nero AI and Make: common questions

01Is the Nero AI Make integration free?
Yes, on the Make side. Nero AI is a standard app, available from the Free plan onward. The Free plan allows 2 active scenarios, a minimum of 15 minutes between two scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution per run, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) lower the interval to 1 minute and remove the cap on active scenarios. You still need your own Nero account and API key; this page says nothing about Nero AI pricing.
02What do you need to connect Nero AI to Make?
A registered Nero account and an API key. Log in to Nero AI, open the API section, click Get API Key and copy the value. In Make, add any Nero AI module, click Create a connection, give it a name if you like, and paste the key. The connection is then reused by all five Nero AI modules, so you only do this once per account. If the screen asks for something else, follow the on-screen instructions Make shows.
03Can Nero AI trigger a Make scenario in real time?
No. Nero AI has no trigger module in Make, neither scheduled nor instant, so it never starts a scenario by itself. Two ways to start anyway: put another app's trigger first, such as a tool where new images arrive, or rely on the schedule of the first module, which runs every 15 minutes by default and can go down to 1 minute on a paid plan. Nero AI modules then act on whatever that first step provides.
04What if a Nero AI module is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. It calls any endpoint of the Nero AI API with the same connection, so a feature without a dedicated module is still within reach. Make's documentation for this app is AI-generated from Nero AI's own docs and may contain errors, so confirm important details with Nero AI before you rely on them, and use Run once to check each response. Keep the Nero AI API reference open while you build the request.
05Should you use Make or n8n for Nero AI?
It depends on the tool your team already runs. In Make, Nero AI offers five action modules plus Make an API Call, connected with one API key and testable with Run once. The same app often has an n8n node as well. Compare which Nero AI features each side exposes, and check that your scenario's starting point, another app or a schedule, exists in the tool you pick. A quick test in Make with Run once shows what the modules return before you decide.
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