Pixnub is an industry leader in automation software for the school and sports photography industry. Their Adobe Photoshop plugins streamline the creation of school composites, sports composites, memory mates, and virtual teams. They also provide ready-to-use graphics and templates built to work seamlessly with their automation tools.
Sports Photo Automation (SPA) Plugin by Pixnub uses CSV data to automate Photoshop templates—replacing and scaling text, swapping backgrounds, adding logos or team images, and more.
Here’s where Snapizzi fits in:
Before the Shoot – Create a Snapizzi Data Project and import your project CSV file. Snapizzi instantly generates unique subject and group keyframe codes for you to photograph during the job. This step ensures every image you take is automatically linked to the right subject or group.
During the Shoot – Simply photograph the subject or group code before taking photos. That’s all it takes for Snapizzi to know exactly where every photo belongs.
After Processing – Upload your images to Snapizzi. Once processing is complete, Snapizzi organizes everything and produces an updated Project Data CSV—formatted and ready for Pixnub along with a folder of all project images.
From there, just import that file into Pixnub and let their automation take over for composites, memory mates, or templates.
By starting your workflow in Snapizzi, you eliminate guesswork, save time, and guarantee that your images and data flow seamlessly into Pixnub.
Step 1 — Prepare Your Pixnub CSV
Ensure your CSV is correctly formatted using Pixnub’s instructions.
You don’t need to change column headers or structure for Snapizzi—just use the file exactly as Pixnub’s guide specifies.
Step 2 — Create Your Snapizzi Project
In Snapizzi, create a new Data Project.
Upload your Pixnub CSV file to the project and follow the steps to get your camera cards.
Photograph your project using the camera cards, then upload the images to Snapizzi for processing.
If you upload more than one image per subject, use Snapizzi Stars (or apply star ratings in your photo software before upload) to choose the image you want Pixnub to use.
Snapizzi will automatically select the highest-rated image for export.
You only need to rate one photo per subject. If one image has a star and the others are unrated, that image will be chosen. If multiple are rated, the highest rating (up to 5) will be used.
If no stars are applied and multiple subject images are uploaded, Snapizzi will select the first image in the subject’s series.
💡 Note: If you only upload one image per subject, star ratings are not necessary.
Step 3 — Export Data for Import to Pixnub
When creating your Bundle, use the settings below:
Begin by ticking the "Bypass fields – use all subject data in manifest" box. This ensures all CSV fields from your uploaded CSV are included in the manifest.
Key Options Explained:
Include manifest: Must be checked. This generates the CSV file used by Pixnub.
Include all photos: Leave unchecked. Ensures only one image is exported.
Don’t resize photos: Leave unchecked if you want resized photos based on the
Resizesetting.Only primary photos: Should be checked. Excludes any shared galleries.
Include count: Set to
1so that only a single subject image is included per subject.Resize: Optional. Set the maximum long-edge size in pixels.
Organize Subject Folders By: Should be "No Folders". Tick "Use one folder" to put all subjects in one folder for their respective groups. Select the column to use for grouping from the dropdown menu.
Rename Subject Photos: Controls whether subject images are renamed in the bundle. Choose Don’t Rename to use the original filenames.
2. Click "Get Bundle" and Snapizzi will export images along with a manifest.csv file. The blank "SPA" column from your original CSV will now contain the image numbers for each subject. Delete any un-needed columns.
Bundles will be exported as one or more standard ZIP files with a maximum size of 500MB. Depending on the project size, this process could take several hours to complete. We'll email you when the export is complete and ready for download. Once generated, Bundle files will be kept for 72 hours. However, you can generate as many versions as needed.
You can also find the download link to the Bundle file (and any other project assets) in your project Activity Log.
✅ That’s it — you now have a properly formatted CSV and images to import directly into Pixnub.