POV-RAY rendering and labels
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
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
Hi Heleine Thanks for all documentation. 2D labels make even more difficult to appreciate the dept. An alternative is through jmol/jsmol Sll the best Francesco On Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 5:37 PM Elaine Meng <meng@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
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...
Personally, because of the many limitations of the Chimera-to-Povray process < https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/raytracing.html#limitation...
...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
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