On Nov 6, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Tom Goddard wrote:
You may want to turn off depth cueing (dimming far objects) to get a brighter plane display. You can use menu entry Tools / Viewing Controls / Effects and switch off depth cueing. There is not a Chimera command to do that. Again a Python script could do it. Or you can setup your scene including depth cueing turned off, save it as a Chimera session and then open that session before running a movie making script.
Hi Lu, I just wanted to mention it is possible to save the depth cueing settings in your preferences file; it is not necessary to save and restart a Chimera session. In the Effects tool mentioned by Tom, you can uncheck "depth cueing" to turn it off, and then click "Save" to save the current settings to the preferences file. Then, later uses of Chimera that refer to the same preferences file will automatically have depth cueing turned off. (the wording is a little weird there because it is possible to have different preferences files in different directories, but if you didn't ever specify a nondefault location, you probably only have one preferences file) Best, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng@cgl.ucsf.edu UCSF Computer Graphics Lab and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html