Dear User List, I am a frequent user of ChimeraX. Currently, the only way to create animations is via the command line. In contrast, the older Chimera version has an intuitive, user-friendly interface for making simple and effective animations. It would be an excellent and straightforward improvement to migrate this functionality from Chimera to ChimeraX, as I currently need to use both software. Best regards, Lionel C.
Dear Lionel, Of course a lot of people would want an easy graphical interface to movie-recording, and in fact it has been discussed many times by our team and is listed in our "missing features" that we would like to add, viz "animation GUI": <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/progress.html> However, it is by no means straightforward, as ChimeraX is re-implemented from scratch and everything would need to be done somewhat differently (in terms of code, I don't mean the functionality per se). The Chimera Movie Recorder interface was the product of hundreds of man-hours by at least 3 programmers, none of whom are still in our group. Still we appreciate your letting us know what features you wish for the most. Best regards, 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 May 21, 2024, at 2:12 AM, Lionel Carlo Clarens via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Dear User List,
I am a frequent user of ChimeraX. Currently, the only way to create animations is via the command line. In contrast, the older Chimera version has an intuitive, user-friendly interface for making simple and effective animations. It would be an excellent and straightforward improvement to migrate this functionality from Chimera to ChimeraX, as I currently need to use both software.
Best regards, Lionel C.
Dear Elaine, Thank you for your response. I apologize for not seeing the 'missing features' list earlier. I was unaware that ChimeraX was rewritten from scratch, and I completely understand the issue. Thank you for your valuable work. Best regards, Lionel On 22/05/2024, 00:30, "Elaine Meng" <meng@cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:meng@cgl.ucsf.edu>> wrote: Dear Lionel, Of course a lot of people would want an easy graphical interface to movie-recording, and in fact it has been discussed many times by our team and is listed in our "missing features" that we would like to add, viz "animation GUI": <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/progress.html> <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/progress.html>> However, it is by no means straightforward, as ChimeraX is re-implemented from scratch and everything would need to be done somewhat differently (in terms of code, I don't mean the functionality per se). The Chimera Movie Recorder interface was the product of hundreds of man-hours by at least 3 programmers, none of whom are still in our group. Still we appreciate your letting us know what features you wish for the most. Best regards, 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 May 21, 2024, at 2:12 AM, Lionel Carlo Clarens via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu>> wrote:
Dear User List,
I am a frequent user of ChimeraX. Currently, the only way to create animations is via the command line. In contrast, the older Chimera version has an intuitive, user-friendly interface for making simple and effective animations. It would be an excellent and straightforward improvement to migrate this functionality from Chimera to ChimeraX, as I currently need to use both software.
Best regards, Lionel C.
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