Ligand flying movie in chimeraX
Hello, I'm trying to create a movie in Chimerax similar to the "Ligand flying into unbound conformation" that was in the old Chimera movie tutorials (https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/data/tutorials/movies08/moviemaking.html). I tried using the "reset" command, but it seems like it doesn't exist in ChimeraX. Is there a command that replaces it? Alternatively, I would be happy for any suggestion for how to get an effect similar to the flying ligand in ChimeraX. Thanks, Donna Donna Matzov, PhD Department of Structural Biology Weizmann Institute of Science The Shalev-Benami Lab<https://www.weizmann.ac.il/Structural_Biology/Shalev-Benami/home>
Hi Donna, ChimeraX has a "view name" command that is like the Chimera "savepos" command. Then when you have previously saved (named) a view, you can restore it later with that name also using "view" -- see ChimeraX help for more details: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/view.html#name> See also ChimeraX "making movies" and links therein to ChimeraX movie tutorials: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/movies.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 Mar 26, 2025, at 7:27 AM, Matzov Donna via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hello, I'm trying to create a movie in Chimerax similar to the "Ligand flying into unbound conformation" that was in the old Chimera movie tutorials (https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/data/tutorials/movies08/moviemaking.html).
I tried using the "reset" command, but it seems like it doesn't exist in ChimeraX. Is there a command that replaces it? Alternatively, I would be happy for any suggestion for how to get an effect similar to the flying ligand in ChimeraX.
Thanks, Donna
Hi Elaine, That worked perfectly. Thanks! I'm familiar with the view command and use it very often but I never realized it can be executed over frames... Thanks again! Donna Matzov, PhD Department of Structural Biology Weizmann Institute of Science The Shalev-Benami Lab<https://www.weizmann.ac.il/Structural_Biology/Shalev-Benami/home> ________________________________ From: Elaine Meng <meng@cgl.ucsf.edu> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 6:04 PM To: Matzov Donna <matzov.donna@weizmann.ac.il> Cc: chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> Subject: Re: [chimerax-users] Ligand flying movie in chimeraX Caution: External Sender. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender. Hi Donna, ChimeraX has a "view name" command that is like the Chimera "savepos" command. Then when you have previously saved (named) a view, you can restore it later with that name also using "view" -- see ChimeraX help for more details: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/view.html#name> See also ChimeraX "making movies" and links therein to ChimeraX movie tutorials: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/movies.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 Mar 26, 2025, at 7:27 AM, Matzov Donna via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hello, I'm trying to create a movie in Chimerax similar to the "Ligand flying into unbound conformation" that was in the old Chimera movie tutorials (https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/data/tutorials/movies08/moviemaking.html).
I tried using the "reset" command, but it seems like it doesn't exist in ChimeraX. Is there a command that replaces it? Alternatively, I would be happy for any suggestion for how to get an effect similar to the flying ligand in ChimeraX.
Thanks, Donna
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