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PDF Manga Comic Layout

Generate manga/comic storyboard pages with black panel frames and speech bubbles

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/pdf-manga-comic-layout' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/panelImages.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/pdf-manga-comic-layout' \
  -F 'title=Comic Layout Demo' \
  -F 'panelImages=/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/png/earth4_3-4_1728-2304.png,/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/png/earth4_16-9_2560-1440.png,/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/png/earth4_1-1_2048-2048.png,/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/png/earth3_3-4_1728-2304.png,/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/png/earth3_16-9_2560-1440.png,/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/png/earth3_1-1_2048-2048.png' \
  -F 'bubbleNotes=Where did that signal come from?
Stay low and keep moving.
I can hear footsteps upstairs.
We have one chance.
Now!
To be continued...' \
  -F 'pageSize=A4' \
  -F 'landscape=false' \
  -F 'columns=2' \
  -F 'rows=3' \
  -F 'panelGap=10' \
  -F 'frameThickness=3' \
  -F 'bubbleOpacity=0.92' \
  -F 'bubbleScale=0.34' \
  -F 'minPanels=6'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/pdf-manga-comic-layout

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
title	text	Yes	—
panelImages	fileupload required	No	—
bubbleNotes	textarea	No	—
pageSize	select	No	—
landscape	checkbox	No	—
columns	number	No	—
rows	number	No	—
panelGap	number	No	—
frameThickness	number	No	—
bubbleOpacity	number	No	—
bubbleScale	number	No	—
minPanels	number	No	—

File-type parameters must be uploaded first via POST /upload/pdf-manga-comic-layout, then the returned filePath is passed to the corresponding file field.

Response format

File result

JSON

{
  "filePath": "/public/processing/randomid.ext",
  "fileName": "output.ext",
  "contentType": "application/octet-stream",
  "size": 1024,
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  },
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)"
}

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-pdf-manga-comic-layout": {
      "name": "pdf-manga-comic-layout",
      "description": "Generate manga/comic storyboard pages with black panel frames and speech bubbles",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=pdf-manga-comic-layout",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "pdf-manga-comic-layout",
    "arguments": {
  "title": "Comic Layout Demo",
  "panelImages": [
    "/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/png/earth4_3-4_1728-2304.png",
    "/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/png/earth4_16-9_2560-1440.png",
    "/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/png/earth4_1-1_2048-2048.png",
    "/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/png/earth3_3-4_1728-2304.png",
    "/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/png/earth3_16-9_2560-1440.png",
    "/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/png/earth3_1-1_2048-2048.png"
  ],
  "bubbleNotes": "Where did that signal come from?\nStay low and keep moving.\nI can hear footsteps upstairs.\nWe have one chance.\nNow!\nTo be continued...",
  "pageSize": "A4",
  "landscape": false,
  "columns": 2,
  "rows": 3,
  "panelGap": 10,
  "frameThickness": 3,
  "bubbleOpacity": 0.92,
  "bubbleScale": 0.34,
  "minPanels": 6
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

File parameters accept a public file URL only (https://…). Local paths, data: URIs, and Base64 strings are not supported.

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