Without having Cinema4D installed, that is. I've found site with lots of free .c4d models, and some of them gave me cool ideas of potential use. But how to convert it to a format more Poser-friendly ? Is it possible ?

No, no way. You either need a Cinema 4D version greater or equal to the file's version or Deep Exploration if it's an old v5 C4D file (unlikely). Where's the site? I have Cinema 4D from v6.3 - v9.1 installed. ;)

Unfortunately, Deep exploration can only convert c4d models up to version 5, so if they're newer than that then I don't know.

What about the demo versions of C4D? Can they be used to export a model as an .obj file?

The demos I've had, have been save disabled.
You might get lucky and find a version on a magazine cover disk that will do.
Note, at least upto version 7, the Wavefront exporter is a little unhelpful (spanki wrote Riptide to overcome the deficiencies).

http://www.meltinglight.com/ That's the site. I'm muchly interested in this stuff - http://www.meltinglight.com/pages/models4.html - both the cloak (posed as it is on screenshots) and the gargoyles. Some stuff from here is poserised like MissPolyGon or available as .obj's, but not the gargoyles. Should I search for something to convert the models or ask the creator could he convert those to .obj and send me/share them with community ?

You would be best to ask the creator about them.

Oh, I'd love to have those converted too, I wanted that cute little bumper car :)

The creator is willing to convert some of his files from .c4d to .obj's. BTW, he's a user here at Rendo :-) (ChrisHollins). Yay !

oh, cool! Is that his Rosity name so I can IM him?

Yep, it's his R'osity nickname. Check out the freestuff area, he posted recently one of his .c4d models there (shoe polish I think).

thanks!

Attached Link: Get Riptide plugin here