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title: "Next Gen: Best Practices for Individual Posing"
description: "Get better Next Gen individual photos: keep poses centered, shoot full-length or three-quarter crops (no landscape), and match poses to your products."
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October 26, 2026
# Next Gen: Best Practices for Individual Posing
**Table of contents**
- [Overview](https://help.gotphoto.com/en/support/next-gen-best-practices-for-individual-posing#Overview)
- [Balanced posing](https://help.gotphoto.com/en/support/next-gen-best-practices-for-individual-posing#Balanced-Posing)
- [Consider full-length vs. three-quarter](https://help.gotphoto.com/en/support/next-gen-best-practices-for-individual-posing#Full-Length-vs-Three-Quarter)
- [Know your products](https://help.gotphoto.com/en/support/next-gen-best-practices-for-individual-posing#Know-Products)
- [Pick a pose](https://help.gotphoto.com/en/support/next-gen-best-practices-for-individual-posing#Pick-Pose)
- [Square up](https://help.gotphoto.com/en/support/next-gen-best-practices-for-individual-posing#Square-Up)
- [The takeaway](https://help.gotphoto.com/en/support/next-gen-best-practices-for-individual-posing#The-takeaway)
### **Overview**
Achieving the best results in Next Gen requires balanced, controlled posing for individual athletes. Next Gen uses face detection and an automated process to generate individual graphics like memory mates — so uncontrolled or unbalanced poses can produce off-center or unusable results. Follow the guidelines below to get the best outcome for every athlete at your shoot.
### **Balanced posing**
How should poses be centered and aligned? To ensure proper cropping and alignment, keep poses centered and symmetrical.
- Position the subject’s face in the center of the frame. An unbalanced pose may result in an off-center final image.
### **Consider full-length vs. three-quarter**
Choose between full-length and three-quarter crops before photographing, as each requires different posing considerations.
- Next Gen supports either full-length or three-quarter crops. This determines which poses will look best in the final graphic.
- **⚠ Important:** For each Photo Job, you must choose **either** full-length **or** three-quarter poses. Mixing is not supported.
- Next Gen does not support landscape (horizontal) poses for graphics. Only vertical (portrait) images can be processed. If horizontal images are submitted, they will not be included when the job is completed.
### **Know your products**
How do different products affect pose selection? Different products display poses differently, so plan ahead based on your offerings.
- Some poses may not look appropriate on certain products. Review your sales catalog and select poses that translate well across your intended products.
### **Pick a pose**
How can pick-a-pose boards help maintain quality control? Offer pose options while maintaining quality control with pick-a-pose boards.
- Print and display pose boards during your shoot. These give athletes clear choices while limiting selections to poses you have pre-approved as compatible with your graphics templates and product catalog. To create pose boards, select and print approved poses from your Next Gen Photo Job setup.
- This balances customer preference with consistent quality in the final images.
### **Square up**
Ensure your camera is level before capturing images.
- Use your camera’s in-camera bubble level to confirm the camera is straight. This prevents the need for post-edit corrections.
### **The takeaway**
To achieve high-quality individual images in Next Gen:
- Keep poses balanced and centered.
- Select full-length or three-quarter crops before shooting. Landscape (horizontal) poses are not supported for Next Gen graphics
- Match poses to the products you plan to sell.
- Use pick-a-pose boards to balance customer choice with consistent results.
- Square up your camera to reduce editing time later.
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