I wouldn't claim it's necessarily the best way, but if I've had decent luck with scripting the transitions (either pymol or python) to generate a set of images. From there, it's fairly easy to encode a movie with ffmpeg or mencoder. But it probably depends on the type of movie you're trying to make.
Pete Thomas S. Leyh, Ph. D. wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to assess the best way to begin making molecular movies with > Pymol. It seems eMovie is higly rated. I understand it is a Pymol plug-in, > however I gave this a run on my PC (Vista) only to discover, ultimately > through Warren, that that approach won't work, a Mac is required. (This came > a surprise since, in in their TRENDS article, the eMovie author's claim that > it runs under windows.) I have access to an iMac (duo 2 core, OS 10.5), and > I wonder whether this is the preferred path. Further, there is the issue of > which Pymol version to downloaded. Finally, is a Pymol build with rigimole > required - this is a special (expert) build that requires unix-like, > command-line fluency. > > Thanks a bunch, > > Tom Leyh > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users
