Thats fair. I hope the new screenshot is more clear. original map used for generating local resolution map is the only one turned on and is now labeled as "original.mrc". Normally this would give me a gradient on the surface for the colors chosen but here, it is just giving me one color.

Thanks for your patience,
~Shatabdi

From: Elaine Meng <meng@cgl.ucsf.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Chimera] local resolution map colors
 
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I can't tell anything from the image, since I have no idea what your filenames mean.

All I can say (again) is you have to open both the original map and the local resolution map, show the original map as a surface, and use the local resolution map values to color that surface.

Elaine


> On Oct 3, 2025, at 2:32 PM, Roy Chowdhury, Shatabdi <Shatabdi.RoyChowdhury@ucsf.edu> wrote:
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> Hi Elaine,
>
> Thanks for your reply. Attaching the new screenshot here. This shows that the map values are 0.1095 all over. Please let me know if I can give any additional information.
> ~Shatabdi
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> Is the local resolution map open in addition to the original map?  I only see two copies of the same map in the Volume Viewer.  Make sure that you open the local resolution map instead of a second copy of the original map.
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> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
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> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                      
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
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> > On Oct 3, 2025, at 2:07 PM, Roy Chowdhury, Shatabdi wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In the past, I've used chimerax to display local resolution on maps using the tools->volume data->surface color function. In a new map, I'm having difficulty with it. I'm attaching screenshots where the phenix local resolution job suggests the resolution range to be 1.27A - 4.6A range which is in agreement with cryosparc. When I load the cctbx_program.ccp4 file on chimerax, it is unable to color the surface and says the surface values are -0.067 - 0.107. Is there something I should be doing differently? Any suggestions would be deeply appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!
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> > Shatabdi Roy-Chowdhury, PhD.
> > Cardiovascular Research Institute
> > University of California, San Francisco
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