Hello Vadim my new cross-forums friend! I completely forgot about the view name options! Yes this worked just fine but with some tweeks to get the video to 10sec. I couldn't get the 'framerate' command to work properly. So I just improvised :-) For anyone else curious or learning here is how I achieved this: ## download thetest EM density open 22296 from emdb ## Selected "clip" button from the "right mouse" tab and slid the clipper view all the way out so it looked as if normal. This will be my start ## frame. Then save this snapshot/scene view name 1 ## then use the clip to slide all the way through the volume until a desired point. In my case all the way through. Saved this ## snapshot/scene view name 2 ## go back to original snapshot view 1 ##Test the transition works view 1 1; wait 1; view 2 250; wait 250 ## record the movie movie record supersample 3; view 1 1; wait 1; view 2 250; wait 250; movie stop; movie encode ~/Desktop/9.mp4 I tried the above method and it worked great! However, now I want to look even cooloer by making the same movie, but with the volume styled in "Plane" or "tilted slab". Anyone have a workaround for this? Thanks again Vadim and next time I'm in the EU I will buy you a beer/coffee! Kako ----- Original Message -----
From: Vadim Kotov <vadim.r.kotov@gmail.com> To: Stapleton kevin2017/4/3 <kevin.aug@protein.osaka-u.ac.jp>,chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu Date: 2021-04-23 17:18:14 Subject: Re: [chimerax-users] z-slice movie making
Hi, Kako!
I think all you have to do is to save respective views with clipping enabled and then make a movie that would interpolate between these views. To be more specific:
1) Save the starting view: view orient view name initial_view
2) adjust the clipping planes and orientation of the map as you wish and save another view: view name clip_view
3) go back to the initial view and interpolate to the clipped view over 100 frames: view initial_view view clip_view 100; wait 100
Of note, I used these commands ~1 year ago to make a movie for our lab's webpage <https://www.cssb-hamburg.de/research/research_groups/loew_group/index_eng.ht...>, so the syntax might have changed in the meantime.
Alternatively, you could set up the clipping planes outside the map and then move it through the clipping planes with move <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/move.html> command that uses several frames.
Good luck!
Best wishes, Vadim
On 23.04.21 09:41, Stapleton kevin2017/4/3 wrote:
Greeting everyone in the ChiX community. Long time listener first time caller :-)
I was wondering if anyone could help me with making a movie that is essentially slicing (clipping) through a given volume.
I am pretty comfortable with the movie making movie parameters and I have read through the sections
1) help:user/movies.html 2) help:user/commands/clip.html
However the command parameters explanation is juuuuust a smidgen beyond my limits (almost there...damn!) and cant seems to get this into a working movie (if possible at all).
So, using the emdb entry: 22910 for example case, how can I make a movie that is 10 seconds long and extends through the clipping plane of a given volume, moving front to back (from the "view orient" perspective; the clipping plane will extend forward through the volume, and back again)
Thanks for all your help in this specific case, and for all of the efforts put into to this mailing list. It has been a well spring of fun learning for me over the years. SO many cool tips and tricks to make macro-molecular structures look top notch and cool. THANKS CHIMERA TEAM!!
All the best and well wishes from Japan, Kako
PS. apologies if this was covered in a previous thread. I must have missed it. _______________________________________________ ChimeraX-users mailing list ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu Manage subscription: https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimerax-users