Hi Francesco, The rendering process with Povray does not include the regular 3D labels, only 2D labels. Usually the 3D labels are not so great for figures anyway, although I understand it is more work to add 2D labels. <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/2dlabels/2dlabels.html> Personally, because of the many limitations of the Chimera-to-Povray process <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/raytracing.html#limitations> ...I avoid using it. I can get a much better appearance just with Chimera rendering. You can turn on shadows in Chimera, for example, with command: set shadows <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/set.html#shadows> ... and there are other commands (or you can use the Lighting tool) to increase shininess and get other effects. See "image tips" <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/print.html#tips> I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Aug 26, 2022, at 2:33 AM, Francesco Pietra via Chimera-users <chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hello In my hands, with CHIMERA (v 1.15 Linux64 X11), POV-RAY rendering does not reproduce labels, only an interrogation mark in their place.
Thanks for advice
francesco pietra