Spend More Time Shooting and Less Time Captioning

Sideline is a simple yet powerful MacOS app that helps sports photographers deliver on deadline by automatically generating captions for their images using AI.

Compatible with Photo Mechanic and Code Replacements, Sideline takes your images and uses AI to identify the subject of the photo, automatically writing a caption in the style of AP, Getty, Imagn Images, or the caption style of your choosing.

Features

Automatic Caption Generation

• Monitors your selected folder and automatically generates captions for new images
• Captions images using names from your Photo Mechanic Code Replacements file
• Supports AP, Getty, Imagn, and Simple caption styles

Smart Player and Team Identification

• Identify teams by jersey color
• Support for Baseball, Basketball, Football, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, and Volleyball
• Include both offense and defense players with the same number
• Uses in-camera audio files to give additional context to a photo

Smart Processing

• Auto captions new images (on or off)
• Overwrite existing captions if needed
• Smart fallback options when a player isn’t identified
• Supports both RAW and JPEG files

Perfect For:

• Sports photographers covering live events
• Athletic departments handling game photos
• Wire service photographers who need to deliver on deadline
• Any sports photographer who needs faster captioning

How It Works

1. Set a folder to watch
2. Select a Code Replacements file to help the AI to identify players
3. Choose your caption style (AP, Getty, Imagn, or Simple)
4. Set any attributes that would help identify players, such as sport being photographed and team jersey colors
5. Watch your images get captioned in seconds!

Pricing

• $29 one-time payment
• Updates included
• Usage: provide your own OpenAI API key

Typical cost: $1.25 per 1,000 images captioned

System Requirements

• macOS
• Photo Mechanic (for Code Replacements)

Free Trial

Download now and get 500 images to test. No credit card required.