Poser is designed to be easy to create and animate characters and props. It's basically a "toy" of sorts. If he needs to learn how to animate in Maya, I recommend getting Maya PLE, available free @ their website. http://www.aliaswavefront.com Its great for learning, and comes with some great tutorials. Although, the resulting renders and animations are blemished with the maya watermark, it is still a fully functioning Maya as far as interface goes. Check into that. I'd say Poser is more for entertainment than professional use.