It's helped me learn how to animate because it gives you good quick feedback on the results. I find that the playback within Poser runs a little too slowly. As an example, V3 standing up over 30 frames takes about seven seconds to play through within poser, far too slow to be sure what your animation really looks like. If you render it using the current display settings, then your 30 frame render will only take seven seconds to record, and you get a full speed version instead. It's helped me spot unnatural movements and sudden stops that didn't really show up inside Poser.