Oh--with respect to IPP (and Kuroyume)--once I get the animation built,  and keyframes worked out in Poser (which is really a snap with the python script I got from Phil C--thanks, Phil!), the import of the animation into Cinema 4D using IPP works great, and it's easy to update the animation from Poser to Cinema 4D if you make a change. For anyone who has Poser and Cinema 4D, I can't recommend IPP highly enough--stable, easy to use, great customer service.