i learn either way, i 'spose, but i will say that there have been plenty of times where i just can't stand sitting in front of the PC any longer, so a manual, for me, does provide portability.  and before one says anything about phones/ipads and the internet, etc., i don't own a mobile, and even if i did, a girl can only take so much technology on any given day [heh].  plus, i'm a 'reader', have been my whole life, and in terms of a manual, i can think things through a bit better, a bit more clearly - where do i wanna go, what do i think is possible, etc. - a manual sometimes helps me see 'the bigger picture' as opposed to a singular type task.  that bit usually comes later on in my quest for knowledge/learning.

watching tuts is great tho, i'd think, because that way you can pause, alt+tab to your application, emulate/interact, restart, move along in the process...

though i'd say, overall, nothing beats talking things through/brainstorming with an actual individual.  i think i learn the best, and the most, this way. 

I half typed a response to the video learning debate and then realised it was way off topic, so deleted it.   RPublishing is in the business of making money, which is why they will build content for G2, G3 and Iray, in the same way they still make items for V4.  No doubt they will develop for the new Cycles render engine in Poser 11, if they see a market. The are not really interested in the petty 'mine is better than yours' squabbles it just needs to make money.  

After the slating Scarlet got in these forums I wonder why anyone would want to develop a new figure, let alone RPublishing.   

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.