Transition of the camera between two view perspectives
Dear Chimera-X users ! I have a question about the transition of the camera between two different views. E.g. I have (1) a closed zoom view on some selection with the defined coordinates view matrix camera 0.33173,-0.24137,-0.91197,-114.7,0.22734,0.95868,-0.17103,31.486,0.91557,-0.15059,0.3729,66.518 and (2) some general view of the whole system, with the same coordinates. Now, starting from the closed view I need to gradually move camera from (1) to the (2), which can be manually achieved using move command e.g. # zoom out and shift camera to the right move z -0.3 300; move y -0.05 300 Would it be possible additionally to provide coordinates of the both views in order to make such a camera transition more smooth and accurate ? Many thanks in advance ! Enrico
Just name the views, then "view" will automatically do the transition for you. E.g. put the system in your first view, then save it view name v1 ....then put the system in your second view and save this second view, e.g. something like move z -90 move y -15 view name v2 Then you can go immediately to either one, e.g. view v1 view v2 view v1 .... or gradually using "frames" option, e.g. if you are starting in v1, then this will gradually go from v1 to v2 in 200 frames: view v2 frames 200 Please see the help on naming and restoring views: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/view.html#name> See also "fly" <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/fly.html> I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Sep 18, 2024, at 2:15 AM, Enrico Martinez via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Dear Chimera-X users !
I have a question about the transition of the camera between two different views.
E.g. I have (1) a closed zoom view on some selection with the defined coordinates view matrix camera 0.33173,-0.24137,-0.91197,-114.7,0.22734,0.95868,-0.17103,31.486,0.91557,-0.15059,0.3729,66.518
and (2) some general view of the whole system, with the same coordinates.
Now, starting from the closed view I need to gradually move camera from (1) to the (2), which can be manually achieved using move command e.g.
# zoom out and shift camera to the right move z -0.3 300; move y -0.05 300
Would it be possible additionally to provide coordinates of the both views in order to make such a camera transition more smooth and accurate ?
Many thanks in advance !
Enrico
Thank you very much Elaine ! This is what I was looking for. Just one question (I really did not find it..): would it be possible to use the frames N option with view matrix camera or it works only with the saved view ? # e.g. like this does not work view matrix camera 0.080001,0.13496,0.98761,108.84,0.54979,-0.83243,0.069214,40.935,0.83147,0.53745,-0.14079,28.682 frames 200 Many thanks in advance Enrico Il giorno mer 18 set 2024 alle ore 17:42 Elaine Meng <meng@cgl.ucsf.edu> ha scritto:
Just name the views, then "view" will automatically do the transition for you.
E.g. put the system in your first view, then save it
view name v1
....then put the system in your second view and save this second view, e.g. something like
move z -90 move y -15 view name v2
Then you can go immediately to either one, e.g.
view v1 view v2 view v1
.... or gradually using "frames" option, e.g. if you are starting in v1, then this will gradually go from v1 to v2 in 200 frames:
view v2 frames 200
Please see the help on naming and restoring views: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/view.html#name>
See also "fly" <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/fly.html>
I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Sep 18, 2024, at 2:15 AM, Enrico Martinez via ChimeraX-users < chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Dear Chimera-X users !
I have a question about the transition of the camera between two different views.
E.g. I have (1) a closed zoom view on some selection with the defined coordinates view matrix camera 0.33173,-0.24137,-0.91197,-114.7,0.22734,0.95868,-0.17103,31.486,0.91557,-0.15059,0.3729,66.518
and (2) some general view of the whole system, with the same coordinates.
Now, starting from the closed view I need to gradually move camera from (1) to the (2), which can be manually achieved using move command e.g.
# zoom out and shift camera to the right move z -0.3 300; move y -0.05 300
Would it be possible additionally to provide coordinates of the both views in order to make such a camera transition more smooth and accurate ?
Many thanks in advance !
Enrico
According to the manual, there is no "frames" option on the "view matrix" command, sorry: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/view.html#matrix> Elaine
On Sep 21, 2024, at 10:41 AM, Enrico Martinez <jmsstarlight@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you very much Elaine ! This is what I was looking for. Just one question (I really did not find it..): would it be possible to use the frames N option with view matrix camera or it works only with the saved view ?
# e.g. like this does not work view matrix camera 0.080001,0.13496,0.98761,108.84,0.54979,-0.83243,0.069214,40.935,0.83147,0.53745,-0.14079,28.682 frames 200
Many thanks in advance
Enrico
Il giorno mer 18 set 2024 alle ore 17:42 Elaine Meng <meng@cgl.ucsf.edu> ha scritto: Just name the views, then "view" will automatically do the transition for you.
E.g. put the system in your first view, then save it
view name v1
....then put the system in your second view and save this second view, e.g. something like
move z -90 move y -15 view name v2
Then you can go immediately to either one, e.g.
view v1 view v2 view v1
.... or gradually using "frames" option, e.g. if you are starting in v1, then this will gradually go from v1 to v2 in 200 frames:
view v2 frames 200
Please see the help on naming and restoring views: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/view.html#name>
See also "fly" <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/fly.html>
I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Sep 18, 2024, at 2:15 AM, Enrico Martinez via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Dear Chimera-X users !
I have a question about the transition of the camera between two different views.
E.g. I have (1) a closed zoom view on some selection with the defined coordinates view matrix camera 0.33173,-0.24137,-0.91197,-114.7,0.22734,0.95868,-0.17103,31.486,0.91557,-0.15059,0.3729,66.518
and (2) some general view of the whole system, with the same coordinates.
Now, starting from the closed view I need to gradually move camera from (1) to the (2), which can be manually achieved using move command e.g.
# zoom out and shift camera to the right move z -0.3 300; move y -0.05 300
Would it be possible additionally to provide coordinates of the both views in order to make such a camera transition more smooth and accurate ?
Many thanks in advance !
Enrico
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