I would buy it if I can see previews of how it looks once open... What I really hate in Poser5 manual that came with Poser5 is the too many references to other sections of the book. And the fact that it is hard to find the answer to a question by simply looking at the index at the end. From what I gathered, Poser5 manual is not too good even for users of older versions of Poser. But at least, these users have an idea of what they are talking about. When I bought Poser, I had never worked with 3d before and the terminoly was (and still is most of the time) like Chinese to me. AND I would need lots of illustrations (not really of the finished project) but of the parameters and menus, etc. AND most of all, it would have to be written for beginners, keeping in mind that even if you think a few steps may be left out because they are obvious to you, those might make the whole difference to the end user. Things like... 1. Pose your figure with an upturned hand to hold the next item you'll add to the scene Yeah sure! I am at number one and I already had things I didn't know how to do! HOW do I pose the hand? What next item (the item is already part of the figure or is it something new)? and even... what's a scene? ;o) And then when you start to understand and are giving it all your concentration, there is a sentence inserted that says: "see such and such section for that part" so you have to flip the pages, find that section, read through it, flip the pages again because surely there is at least one other reference in there, etc. By the time you come back to your project, you have to start from number 1. France

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