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For Sports Photographers

Stoptaggingatmidnight.

Tag from your roster with the press of a button or a shortcode, and accelerate with MatchID, our facial recognition built for sports. Names embed in the file on download. You drive home.

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The slow part

Tagging is the slow part.

Saturday afternoon football. Hundreds of photos. Helmets the whole game. You finish on the field. The actual delivery starts there.

Then comes tagging. Match each face to a roster. Catch jersey numbers through motion blur. Type names into Photo Mechanic for hours. Whether you bill for the time or eat it, tagging is hours of work after the game.

That's what MatchID is for.

How it works

Upload. Identified. Deliver.

Three steps. One drive home.

01 · UPLOAD

Drag your gallery in.

Files go to R2 directly. No transcoding wait. Get back to the next game.

02 · IDENTIFIED

MatchID names the players.

Facial recognition for visible faces. Jersey number reading for helmets. Quick review, or auto-approve.

03 · DELIVER

Names go in the file.

XMP metadata embedded on download. FTP, share link, ZIP. The file is the deliverable.

What we don't charge for

Three things we don't charge for.

Credits
$0
Per Identification
Others charge
1 to 3 cents per image
Seats
$0
Per User
Others charge
$25 to $50 per user / month
Sales
0%
Commission
Others take
8 to 15% per sale

Fits the workflow

Tools you already use.

Names embed as XMP metadata on download. Your existing software reads them on import. Nothing in the workflow has to change.

Photo Mechanic
XMP keywords read on import. Names show up in the Caption field if you map them. Fast cull, ready to send.
Lightroom Classic
Keywords sync from XMP. Filter and search by player name across the catalog.
Capture One
XMP metadata loads on import. Smart Albums by player name work out of the box.
FTP push
Push named JPEGs to AP, Getty, or a wire service. Metadata travels with the file.
Download to local
Pull named JPEGs to your laptop or NAS. ZIP with metadata intact. Hand off via Dropbox, AirDrop, or external drive.
Direct share
Send a public gallery link to a coach or athletic director. They download named JPEGs.

Photographer pricing

Starts at $10/mo.

100 GB covers a weekend of football for most photographers. Scale up as the archive grows.

$10/mo
For 100 GB
Other platforms make you buy credits to identify photos. 1 to 3 cents each. We don't.
Everything else is included.
Unlimited MatchID. Unlimited galleries. Unlimited shares.
XMP metadata embedded on download. FTP delivery. API exports.
Add a second camera for a one-off Saturday game. No per-seat charge.

Stop tagging at midnight. Photos ready before the locker room clears.

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Common questions

From other photographers.

Do I need headshots to caption a gallery?

No. Load a roster and tag with the press of a button or a shortcode, and the name and the full caption line write into the metadata together. Headshots are the accelerator: index them and MatchID starts finding the athletes for you.

What is MatchID?

MatchID is our facial recognition, tuned for sports action. Consumer facial recognition is trained on people looking at the camera; MatchID was trained on sports photography, where athletes are in motion, turned away, or wearing helmets, with jersey numbers read as a second signal. Because it was built for the hardest conditions in photography, the easier ones come along for the ride.

How fast does MatchID identify?

Faces and jerseys process in parallel. A Saturday college football game is usually ready before you finish the drive home.

What if MatchID makes a mistake?

You catch it during review. The interface shows pending matches with confidence scores. Reject the wrong one. Approve the right one. Review takes minutes, not hours.

Does it work with my RAW workflow?

MatchID processes JPEGs. Most sports photographers work JPEG-only for the speed. If you capture RAW, deliver the JPEG renders to GalleryID and keep RAWs in your archive.

What about my existing Photo Mechanic keywords?

They stay. MatchID adds names without overwriting existing keywords. If you've been tagging by hand, your data carries forward.

Does GalleryID do print fulfillment?

Not directly. GalleryID is for identification and delivery. Print orders run through whichever print service you use today. Names travel with the JPEG when you export, so the print shop has the metadata.