Hubert, The trick for doing this is to load each state into a "discrete" object, which maintains separate atoms for each state.
load $TUT/1hpv.pdb, discrete=1 load $TUT/1hpv.pdb, discrete=1 color red, state 1 color blue, state 2 Cheers, Warren -- mailto:war...@delsci.com Warren L. DeLano, Ph.D. Principal Scientist DeLano Scientific LLC 400 Oyster Pt. Blvd., Ste 213 South San Francisco, CA 94080 (650)-346-1154 Fax:(650)-593-4020 > -----Original Message----- > From: pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of > Hubert Kettenberger > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 4:59 AM > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [PyMOL] How to apply state-specific colours? > > Dear all! > > I would like to prepare a an animation in which I would like > to follow one certain residue on its journey through an > enzyme in a stepwise manner. To do so, I would like to color > a certain residue, say, red in state one and grey in all > other frames. In frame 2, the next residue should be red, all > others grey. Frame three has the third residue red, all > others grey etc. > > Is there a command like > > color red, residue 1 and state 1 > color red, residue 2 and state 2 > etc., > > i.e. is there a way to apply colours selectively to a certain state? > > Thanks in advance for your ideas! > > Hubert > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on > ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us > what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free > ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users >
