Hello World!
We’re launching the One Minute Pose Challenge. Prizes are given to those who can produce the most interesting pose in under 1 minute, featuring the complete screen-recording of their workflow.
Starts today, on the 10th September and runs until 24th October!
Create a video, up to 1 minute, showing your entire process of posing a character into a final pose using Ragdoll’s Pose Mode.
Judging will consider both the final result and how efficiently and creatively you arrived there.
Judging Method
The community will decide! 
Make your submission as a post on this forum and winners are the ones with the most Likes.
Once the competition comes to a close, we’ll start the clock and leave a week or so for everyone to cast their votes.
Judging Weight
We’ll ask each member to vote with these criteria in mind:
Here’s what a submission could look like, created by @emi
For a pose, this one has a lot of things going for it; it’s clearly not a static pose one can hold, it emphasizes motion. The posture of the man is reasonable for the action being performed - supporting the weight of the juggle. The poses and position relative the hands of each child is reasonable - with each of their center of masses forming a clear arc.
For a process, Emily uses the natural lag of unselected limbs to her advantage and “flicks” the children into their correct crunched up pose. She intentionally has the children collide with the hands to create proper contact between them to emphasize their weight.
Overall, this is a top tier submission that would have been considered for a place on the podium!
At your disposal, you have Ragdoll and all it has to offer to make poses.
The primary elements of the graphical user interface.
TAB for Asset LibraryIf you are on Ragdoll for Web, pressing TAB brings up available assets.
Double-click on an asset to load.
Rotate gizmoKeep the hierarchy stiff as you drag any limb.
Hold SHIFT to “Freeze Parenthood” - as in, to prevent the immediate parent from moving at all.
Move gizmoEspecially useful to place a character in your scene.
And to place feet, preserving their orientation unless something opposes it, like the floor.
Hold SHIFT to “Freeze Parenthood” - as in, to prevent the torso from moving as you drag.
Pinch gizmoParticularly useful to adjust hips and anything surrounded by body parts you’d like to keep as-is.
Also useful for making small adjustments to things like bendy limbs.
Ctrl + Click to mask selectionUse the Ctrl/Cmd key, or click the Mask gizmo, to prevent a limb from moving.
Sometimes, dragging has unintended consequences. Use the Mask gizmo to prevent a limb from moving.
Particularly useful for foot manipulation.
And close-up detail where careful manipulation is important.
Middle-click + Drag on timeline to control timeMiddle-click drag on the timeline to “jog”. That is, play forwards or backwards, where the further you drag the faster you go.
Especially useful for relaxing a character onto the ground. Just the feet, or keep going.
The rules of masking still applies, which can open up for creative opportunities.
Find options for each gizmo by clicking a gizmo a second time.
Some notable options are:
| Option | Description |
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| Relax Count | Upon releasing the mouse, how many additional frames should Ragdoll simulate to relax intersections and limits? |
| Freeze Parenthood | Whether or not the parent should move as you drag |
| Transfer on Release | Whether to use the dragged pose with Smooth and Restore gizmos |
| Pressure | How strong your drags are; lower this for more precision |
Pose, record, repeat.
Participation is free, no licence is required. If you have and prefer to use Maya, a trial or expired trial is sufficient. If not, Ragdoll runs in Safari, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera and virtually any browser from the last 5 years.
You can use your thread to showcase work in progress, ask questions and/or seek inspiration from either us or the community.
To the winners, 3 licences totalling $2400 are on the line!
| 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
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| Ragdoll Unlimited | Ragdoll Freelancer | Ragdoll Personal |
| Branded Ragdoll notebook | Branded Ragdoll notebook | |
| Ragdoll Statuette | Feedback on video submission | |
| Feedback on video submission |
Here’s the statuette for the winner. 
3D printing by @shinjipons with Formlabs equipment
The licence alone is worth up to $1,999 and applies to both Ragdoll for Maya and Blender, and the upcoming Standalone. It includes 1 year of free updates, including those currently in the works following the Posing phase.
The physical goods will be shipped to you following the conclusion of the competiton, we will reach out to you for an address you’d like them sent to.
The submission must be 1 image + 1 video of the 1 minute it took you to achieve the pose.
It may be shorter, but not longer.
In Ragdoll for Web, use the TAB to browse assets.
In Ragdoll for Maya, more assets are present, but only the new ones are permitted in this challenge.
They are all are accessible via Ragdoll → Bottom menu item.
Asset(s) must be in its loaded pose at the start of your recording. Moving into position is OK. 
Video must be unedited. Trimming start and end is OK. This is to keep a level playing ground.
Images must be coming straight out of Ragdoll. This is to prevent an unfavourable advantage to those able to produce nice-looking renders.
In the asset library, you’ll find 7 posable characters, 1 vehicle and 1 prop. Including the familiar Manikin, but with a twist. Literally.
Some assets are special.
scholar have self-collisions disabled per default, letting limbs intersect and pass through each other as you pose.worker and creature both have fingers, making them suitable for detailed hand interactions.split is the same as manikin, except with split joints. Making it more expressive.jeep is articulated with rolling wheels, suspension and hinges on doors as you would expect. |
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Try to capture only the parts relevant to Ragdoll. Exclude the web browser and Maya UI if possible.
If you’ve never recorded your screen before, here’s a brief run-down.
Snippet Tool into your Start Menu or press Win + Shift + SShift + Command + 5As a Linux user you are expected to either have a studio environment with access to screen-recording software, or be savvy enough to figure out recording using one of the many open source options out there. 
Walk off the beaten path with these alternative options for Windows, MacOS and Linux. These also let you crop and trim the recording once you’ve recorded, for that final touch.
Finally, if you can keep your footage below 10 mb then you can drag-and-drop it into your submission post here on the forums.
Here are some options for compressing your footage further.
If you cannot, feel free to upload to YouTube, Vimeo, OneDrive, Dropbox or any publicly accessible source for others to view and cast their vote on.
Let us know what you think, and stay tuned to this topic for updates!
| “Come At Me” | “Shooting from the hip” | “How do you do” |
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| “Stray Bullet” | “An average tummy ache” | “Thriller” |
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| “Did you hear that?” | “One second…” | “Past the final warning” |
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| “He’s over there” | “Allow me a moment to think” | “Got shot” |
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| “Making progress” | “Gleeful” | “Who, me?” |
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| “Aaaaaaaaah!” | “How about this?” | “Going places” |
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| “Up when you’re down” | “A different perspective” | |
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Thanks to @emi for beta testing and producing these examples!
Up side down
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Salt Bae
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A More Humane Tower
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Human Kebab
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With the new Pose Mode update, we are extending the competition deadline!