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Why This Matters

Photos are table stakes; video is what gets shared. Pro unlocks two video products that punch well above their setup time:
  • 9Pic Motion — turns event-day video footage into per-participant clips matched by selfie or BIB number.
  • 9Pic Flow — generates short AI highlight reels for the event, automatically.
Both are enabled by request on Pro. Email support@9pic.ai and tell us which (or both) you want switched on for your organisation.

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When to Use Each

You want…Use
Each participant to receive their own ~30-second video clip from event-day footage9Pic Motion
A single short highlight reel for the whole event, generated automatically9Pic Flow
BothUse both — they don’t conflict
Both products are enabled by request on Pro. If the Motion or Flow tab is missing from your event sidebar, that’s why. Email support and we’ll switch it on.
9Pic Flow is in beta. It’s available on Pro and Enterprise, but expect occasional gaps in template variety and feature parity with the marketing site. Specifics: Flow product reference.

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9Pic Motion

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What it does

Motion takes raw event-day video clips and produces per-participant clips matched by selfie or BIB number — the video equivalent of FaceFind / BibTrack on photos. A finisher uploads a selfie, gets back the seconds-of-footage where they’re visible.

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Before You Begin

  • Motion is enabled on your account (request via support if not).
  • You have video footage from the event — finish-line cameras, drone shots, or fixed-position rigs.
  • For BIB-matched clips: BIB numbers are visible and readable in the footage.
  • For selfie-matched clips: faces are visible and roughly front-facing.

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Steps

1

Open the event's Motion tab

From the event Details, click Motion in the left sidebar.
2

Upload or link your video sources

Add the raw video files (or cloud-storage links) for the footage you want clipped. Supported sources mirror Photos: 9Pic Storage, Google Drive, Dropbox.
3

Configure search modes

Pick whether Motion should match by face, BIB number, or both. Mirror what you’ve enabled on the Photos product — usually you want the same modes turned on across photos and video.
4

Run processing

Click Process Videos. Motion runs face / BIB indexing across the footage. Processing time depends on footage length and resolution; expect a few minutes per gigabyte of video.
5

Surface clips on the participant page

Once indexing is done, the public event page shows Video Clips alongside Photos for each search result. Participants get both their photos and their clips on the same search.

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Pro Tips for Motion

  • Camera angles matter more than for photos. A finish-line camera that captures BIBs head-on returns dramatically better clips than the same number of seconds shot from above.
  • Keep clips short on the source. Trim raw footage to just the relevant 5–10 minutes of finish-line / start-line footage before uploading. Less footage = less processing cost.
  • Test with one camera first. Process one camera angle, validate the result on a few real participants, then add the rest.

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9Pic Flow

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What it does

Flow generates short AI-generated highlight reels for an event automatically — usually 15-to-60-second vertical-friendly videos that participants can share on social media. Templates and music are picked by the system; you can rerun for different moods.

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Before You Begin

  • Flow is enabled on your account (request via support if not).
  • The event has photos and (optionally) video footage already processed.
  • You’ve reviewed the Flow event requirements so you know what kind of input footage works best.

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Steps

1

Open the event's Flow tab

From the event Details, click Flow in the left sidebar.
2

Pick a template / mood

Flow shows the available templates (energetic, cinematic, etc.). Choose one. You can generate multiple versions later for comparison.
3

Generate the reel

Click Generate Reel. Flow assembles the reel from your event’s photos and processed video, scored to a stock music bed. Generation takes a few minutes.
4

Review and publish

Watch the reel. If it works, Publish to surface it on the event page. If not, regenerate with a different template — variations are quick once the source content is indexed.

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Pro Tips for Flow

  • Run Flow last, not first. Flow’s output quality is bounded by the variety of your processed photos and video. Run Photos and Motion first; Flow gets better the more processed content it has to draw from.
  • Don’t over-generate. Two or three regenerations is usually enough to land a good reel. More than four is rarely worth the time.
  • Pin a single “official” reel. The participant page works best when you publish one canonical reel per event. Multiple generated reels can be saved as drafts but don’t all need to go public.
For full Flow product reference and the Flow event-prep checklist, see:

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Common Questions

Both consume credits as part of the same available_credits balance. Motion is billed per processed video frame / clip; Flow is billed per generated reel. Specific rates show up at the top of each product tab when you launch processing — confirm before running large jobs.
No. They solve different problems. Many Pro events use Motion alone (per-participant clips) without ever generating a Flow reel, and vice versa.
Both products are enabled by request on Pro. Email support@9pic.ai and ask us to switch them on for your organisation. This is a one-time switch.
Not in the current beta. Templates and music beds are pre-curated. If full custom branding on reels is critical, talk to us.

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Next Steps

FaceFind & BibTrack

The photo equivalent of Motion’s video matching.

Buzz, Certify, Select

Frames, certificates, and client proofing.

Flow Reference

Deep reference for the Flow product.

Flow Event Requirements

Footage and prep checklist for getting good Flow reels.