For Sports Photographers

Stop Tagging.
Start Delivering.

Upload your game gallery. AI identifies every athlete — faces, jersey numbers, rosters. Download with names baked into XMP/IPTC metadata. Same night.

No credit card required Works with Photo Mechanic FTP export built in
1
Upload Gallery
Drag & drop 500+ photos. Processing starts instantly.
0 min
2
AI Identifies Athletes
Faces, jersey numbers, and rosters work together.
~8 min
3
Download Tagged Files
Names in XMP/IPTC metadata. Open in Photo Mechanic.
~10 min

You didn't pick up a camera to do data entry.

You just shot 1,200 photos at a football game. The AD needs them tagged and posted by morning. You're sitting in a hotel parking lot with a laptop balanced on your steering wheel, squinting at jersey numbers and trying to remember which kid is #34.

PixelsID solves that. Upload your gallery, and three AI models — face recognition, jersey number OCR, and roster matching — do the identification work. Review the results, approve or correct, and download photos with athlete names already embedded in the metadata. No spreadsheets. No re-tagging. No midnight data entry.

Three models, one goal: name every athlete.

Face recognition handles clear shots and profile views. Jersey number OCR reads numbers in action frames — even through football helmets and motion blur. Roster matching cross-references both against your team database. Together they cover what no single model can.

Identifies athletes in helmeted sports via jersey OCR — something pure facial recognition can't do. The multi-model approach means higher accuracy across every sport.
Face Recognition
Clear shots and profiles
Running
Jersey # OCR
Helmets & action blur
Running
Roster Match
Name confirmed via database
Running
#7 · Marcus Williams · High confidence
Auto-approved · XMP metadata written

Names in the file, not locked in our system.

When you download from PixelsID, athlete names are embedded directly into XMP and IPTC metadata. Open in Photo Mechanic, Lightroom, or any DAM — the tags are already there. No plugin. No export step. No dependency on PixelsID after you download.

Other platforms keep tags trapped in their system. Export and you lose everything. PixelsID puts the data where it belongs: inside your files.
GAME_0892.ARW — Embedded Metadata
dc:subject
→ Marcus Williams
→ Jordan Lee
Iptc4xmpExt:PersonInImage
→ Marcus Williams
dc:description
Football vs. State U · Oct 2025
photoshop:EventFootball vs. State U
dc:creatorPixelsID

PixelsID vs. tagging it yourself.

Capability
PixelsID
Manual
Auto-identifies athletes in photos
Reads jersey numbers in helmets
Names embedded in XMP/IPTC metadata
Processes while you drive home
Photo Mechanic compatible
FTP auto-export
Costs hours per game

Works with the tools you already use.

PixelsID isn't asking you to change your workflow. It plugs into it.

Photo Mechanic

XMP metadata writes directly to the file on download. Open in Photo Mechanic and the athlete names are already there — filter, caption, and keyword without entering a single character manually.

Lightroom

IPTC PersonInImage fields are populated on every downloaded file. Build smart collections by athlete name. Your existing keyword workflow, just already done for you.

FTP / SFTP

Auto-export tagged files to any server destination — wire services, team servers, or your own archive. Configure credentials once. Tagged photos export on demand.

From shutter to delivery in under 30 minutes.

9:00 PM — Final whistle

Pack up, start upload from the car

Drag your gallery into PixelsID. 800 photos start uploading.

9:05 PM — Drive home

AI processing runs server-side

Close your laptop. Three models work in the background — you don't need to be there.

9:18 PM — Processing complete

Review matches, approve tags

High-confidence IDs are auto-approved. Scan the uncertain ones. Takes minutes, not hours.

9:28 PM — Delivered

FTP export or share gallery link

Tagged photos with names in the metadata hit the AD's inbox before you pull in the driveway.

Your job is the shot.
Ours is the name.

AI identification included in every plan. No add-ons. No upsells.

No credit card required · Free plan available