> Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:52:25 -0700 > From: Jim Remington <reming...@molbio.uoregon.edu> > Subject: [PyMOL] Distinct labels on white background (ray tracing)? > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <4a26e289.3040...@molbio.uoregon.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I would like to have distinct labels for hydrogen bond lengths on a > ball-and-stick image > with white background (as required for publication in a particular > journal). No matter > what I do, the labels come out washed out and usually light grey. This > includes > experimenting with label color, size and font (is there a bold font?). > > For the record, I've tried the clues in the wiki and forum, for example > I've turned off > ray-trace-fog, depth cueing, ray-shadowing and very high resolution images. > I still get light grey labels on white background. Does anyone have > further suggestions? > > Thanks much, Jim
Jim, I can also reproduce this. I think it's either a bug or one of the 600 settings has a default that is throwing this off. If you need this ASAP and don't mind the extra steps, here's a workaround. You make two photos and composite them. Here's how (with comments): # prepare the scene; and hide your labels set ray_opaque_background, 1; bg_color white; hide labels; # set up your scene & ray trace it png layer1.png, ray=1, height=yourSize, width=yourWidth, dpi=yourDPI # now hide everything but the labels and ray trace the scene # in mode3--which does make black labels: set ray_opaque_background 0; hide; show labels; set ray_trace_mode, 3; # do NOT move the scene in any way; ray trace it png layer2.png, ray=1, height=yourSize, width=yourWidth, dpi=yourDPI # go into the GIMP or Photoshop and composite the images # (put layer2 on top of layer1) or if you have ImageMagick system composite layer2.png layer1.png finalImage.png # [optional] Send me $50. :-) To get an idea of compositing, check out the 2nd example image/script from: http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/Gallery Lastly, Warren I'm sure has a one-line answer, but this should get you going. HTH, -- Jason -- Jason Vertrees, PhD Dartmouth College : j...@cs.dartmouth.edu Boston University : jas...@bu.edu PyMOLWiki : http://www.pymolwiki.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
