[ccp4bb] iMosflm version 1.0.6 Mosflm version 7.0.8

2012-04-16 Thread Harry Powell
Dear all

We are pleased to announce the public release of new versions of iMosflm and 
Mosflm. We have addressed many bugs and performance issues, and also tidied 
things up in some of the tasks.

If you are using a previous version we strongly recommend that you upgrade.

In brief - 

Improved processing for Pilatus images (both 6M and 2M) 
Faster processing for large datasets in iMosflm
More reliability in indexing, refinement  integration
Better feedback
Easier multi-crystal strategy

Available from our website - 

http://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/harry/mosflm

==

In more detail  (see 
http://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/harry/mosflm/ver708/Release_notes for more) - 

Mosflm
==
Non-Bragg spots (eg zingers and hot pixels) and ice spots are now 
automatically removed when forming the standard profiles.

Improvements in mosaicity estimation and refinement.

Improvements in standard deviation estimates.

Improved spot finding parameters for in-house diffraction images 
and for the very small spots that can be obtained from room 
temperature (in situ screening) crystals.

More robust integration of images with very small spot separation.

iMosflm
==
The colour of the predicted reflections can be changed to improve 
visibility on weak diffraction images.

Improved selection of the correct indexing solution in cases of 
pseudosymmetry.

Scaling and merging now performed with AIMLESS rather than SCALA.
Release Notes for iMosflm version 1.0.6

New features


The speed of the interface has been much improved when processing a
large number of images in the Integration pane. The largest speed-up
came from not refreshing the profile displays afresh with every new
image integrated.

A greatly improved multi-crystal strategy option is available that
makes it much simpler to calculate a data collection strategy when
multiple crystals or multiple segments from one crystal are required 
(see below, and also see the new iMosflm tutorial for details).

Bad spots identified during processing and whose numbers are plotted
during integration can now be displayed in the Image display window.

New mosaicity estimation will produce successive plots up to 8 degrees
if required.  

Space group validation has been improved wherever a symbol can also be
typed in editable, pull-down lists (Indexing and Strategy panes).

The multi-sector, pull-down sectors list used in the Integration pane
has been adopted in the Indexing and Cell refinement panes.

Initial detector and crystal parameters are saved before refinement
and checked that they have not refined to unreasonable values. Users
may accept the warnings ( reset the parameters) or ignore them.

New items added to the Advanced integration tab of Processing options
includes provision for outliers affected by ice rings.

The maximum number of images in an integration block has been
increased from 20 to 200.  

The FindHKL function has been placed within the Image display
window's toolbar.

Smaller rotation increments have been added to the Rotation: setting
in the Auto-complete menu in the Strategy pane.

The editable 'pie' widget displayed at the bottom of the Strategy pane
for any sector can now be adjusted in single degree steps (previously
only 5 degree changes were possible).  

Individual images can now be deleted from the Images pane by selecting
them (left-click) and then right-clicking on the selected image. This
was previously only available for complete sectors.

Scala has been replaced by Aimless as the default scaling program used
by the QuickScale command button. Scala can be chosen from the
Processing options-Advanced integration tab under the Pointless 
Aimless/Scala switches.

Files containing lists of spots can be read into iMosflm and displayed
on the appropriate image. Files can be read from the main Session menu
item 'Read spots file...' and from the 'Read spots file...' button
(with an open file icon) next to the 'Index' button in the
Autoindexing pane.


Harry
--
Dr Harry Powell, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, MRC Centre, Hills Road, 
Cambridge, CB2 0QH


Re: [ccp4bb] iMosflm version 1.0.6 Mosflm version 7.0.8

2012-04-16 Thread Jacob Keller
Where can one find a discussion of the differences between Aimless and
Scala?

JPK

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Harry Powell ha...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.ukwrote:

 Dear all

 We are pleased to announce the public release of new versions of iMosflm
 and Mosflm. We have addressed many bugs and performance issues, and also
 tidied things up in some of the tasks.

 If you are using a previous version we strongly recommend that you upgrade.

 In brief -

Improved processing for Pilatus images (both 6M and 2M)
Faster processing for large datasets in iMosflm
More reliability in indexing, refinement  integration
Better feedback
Easier multi-crystal strategy

 Available from our website -

http://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/harry/mosflm

 ==

 In more detail  (see
 http://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/harry/mosflm/ver708/Release_notes for more) -

 Mosflm
 ==
 Non-Bragg spots (eg zingers and hot pixels) and ice spots are now
 automatically removed when forming the standard profiles.

 Improvements in mosaicity estimation and refinement.

 Improvements in standard deviation estimates.

 Improved spot finding parameters for in-house diffraction images
 and for the very small spots that can be obtained from room
 temperature (in situ screening) crystals.

 More robust integration of images with very small spot separation.

 iMosflm
 ==
 The colour of the predicted reflections can be changed to improve
 visibility on weak diffraction images.

 Improved selection of the correct indexing solution in cases of
 pseudosymmetry.

 Scaling and merging now performed with AIMLESS rather than SCALA.
 Release Notes for iMosflm version 1.0.6

 New features
 

 The speed of the interface has been much improved when processing a
 large number of images in the Integration pane. The largest speed-up
 came from not refreshing the profile displays afresh with every new
 image integrated.

 A greatly improved multi-crystal strategy option is available that
 makes it much simpler to calculate a data collection strategy when
 multiple crystals or multiple segments from one crystal are required
 (see below, and also see the new iMosflm tutorial for details).

 Bad spots identified during processing and whose numbers are plotted
 during integration can now be displayed in the Image display window.

 New mosaicity estimation will produce successive plots up to 8 degrees
 if required.

 Space group validation has been improved wherever a symbol can also be
 typed in editable, pull-down lists (Indexing and Strategy panes).

 The multi-sector, pull-down sectors list used in the Integration pane
 has been adopted in the Indexing and Cell refinement panes.

 Initial detector and crystal parameters are saved before refinement
 and checked that they have not refined to unreasonable values. Users
 may accept the warnings ( reset the parameters) or ignore them.

 New items added to the Advanced integration tab of Processing options
 includes provision for outliers affected by ice rings.

 The maximum number of images in an integration block has been
 increased from 20 to 200.

 The FindHKL function has been placed within the Image display
 window's toolbar.

 Smaller rotation increments have been added to the Rotation: setting
 in the Auto-complete menu in the Strategy pane.

 The editable 'pie' widget displayed at the bottom of the Strategy pane
 for any sector can now be adjusted in single degree steps (previously
 only 5 degree changes were possible).

 Individual images can now be deleted from the Images pane by selecting
 them (left-click) and then right-clicking on the selected image. This
 was previously only available for complete sectors.

 Scala has been replaced by Aimless as the default scaling program used
 by the QuickScale command button. Scala can be chosen from the
 Processing options-Advanced integration tab under the Pointless 
 Aimless/Scala switches.

 Files containing lists of spots can be read into iMosflm and displayed
 on the appropriate image. Files can be read from the main Session menu
 item 'Read spots file...' and from the 'Read spots file...' button
 (with an open file icon) next to the 'Index' button in the
 Autoindexing pane.


 Harry
 --
 Dr Harry Powell, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, MRC Centre, Hills
 Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QH




-- 
***
Jacob Pearson Keller
Northwestern University
Medical Scientist Training Program
email: j-kell...@northwestern.edu
***


Re: [ccp4bb] iMosflm version 1.0.6 Mosflm version 7.0.8

2012-04-16 Thread Phil Evans
Aimless is a complete rewrite of Scala, but does essentially the same task. I 
haven't yet written it up properly, but there is a program document at

ftp://ftp.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/pub/pre/aimless.html


A rough flow of the program is as follows:-

 Read file from eg POINTLESS, sort data if necessary (SORTMTZ no longer needed)

 Initial scale estimates from average intensities

 First round scaling with small selection of strong reflections, chosen on 
I/sigI

 First outlier rejection

 Optimise the combination of profile-fitted (for weak spots) or summation 
integration intensities (for strong spots) from MOSFLM

 First optimisation of sig(I) estimates

 Main scaling on relatively strong reflections, chosen on normalised intensity 
E^2  (eg 0.8  E^2  5)

 Second outlier rejection

 Final optimisation of sig(I) estimates

 Final outlier rejection

 Final statistics

 Output of merged or unmerged data (MTZ or Scalepack format, or both)



Phil



On 16 Apr 2012, at 15:42, Jacob Keller wrote:

 Where can one find a discussion of the differences between Aimless and Scala?
 
 JPK
 
 On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Harry Powell ha...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk wrote:
 Dear all
 
 We are pleased to announce the public release of new versions of iMosflm and 
 Mosflm. We have addressed many bugs and performance issues, and also tidied 
 things up in some of the tasks.
 
 If you are using a previous version we strongly recommend that you upgrade.
 
 In brief -
 
Improved processing for Pilatus images (both 6M and 2M)
Faster processing for large datasets in iMosflm
More reliability in indexing, refinement  integration
Better feedback
Easier multi-crystal strategy
 
 Available from our website -
 
http://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/harry/mosflm
 
 ==
 
 In more detail  (see 
 http://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/harry/mosflm/ver708/Release_notes for more) -
 
 Mosflm
 ==
 Non-Bragg spots (eg zingers and hot pixels) and ice spots are now
 automatically removed when forming the standard profiles.
 
 Improvements in mosaicity estimation and refinement.
 
 Improvements in standard deviation estimates.
 
 Improved spot finding parameters for in-house diffraction images
 and for the very small spots that can be obtained from room
 temperature (in situ screening) crystals.
 
 More robust integration of images with very small spot separation.
 
 iMosflm
 ==
 The colour of the predicted reflections can be changed to improve
 visibility on weak diffraction images.
 
 Improved selection of the correct indexing solution in cases of
 pseudosymmetry.
 
 Scaling and merging now performed with AIMLESS rather than SCALA.
 Release Notes for iMosflm version 1.0.6
 
 New features
 
 
 The speed of the interface has been much improved when processing a
 large number of images in the Integration pane. The largest speed-up
 came from not refreshing the profile displays afresh with every new
 image integrated.
 
 A greatly improved multi-crystal strategy option is available that
 makes it much simpler to calculate a data collection strategy when
 multiple crystals or multiple segments from one crystal are required
 (see below, and also see the new iMosflm tutorial for details).
 
 Bad spots identified during processing and whose numbers are plotted
 during integration can now be displayed in the Image display window.
 
 New mosaicity estimation will produce successive plots up to 8 degrees
 if required.
 
 Space group validation has been improved wherever a symbol can also be
 typed in editable, pull-down lists (Indexing and Strategy panes).
 
 The multi-sector, pull-down sectors list used in the Integration pane
 has been adopted in the Indexing and Cell refinement panes.
 
 Initial detector and crystal parameters are saved before refinement
 and checked that they have not refined to unreasonable values. Users
 may accept the warnings ( reset the parameters) or ignore them.
 
 New items added to the Advanced integration tab of Processing options
 includes provision for outliers affected by ice rings.
 
 The maximum number of images in an integration block has been
 increased from 20 to 200.
 
 The FindHKL function has been placed within the Image display
 window's toolbar.
 
 Smaller rotation increments have been added to the Rotation: setting
 in the Auto-complete menu in the Strategy pane.
 
 The editable 'pie' widget displayed at the bottom of the Strategy pane
 for any sector can now be adjusted in single degree steps (previously
 only 5 degree changes were possible).
 
 Individual images can now be deleted from the Images pane by selecting
 them (left-click) and then right-clicking on the selected image. This
 was previously only available for complete sectors.
 
 Scala has been replaced by Aimless as the default scaling program used
 by the QuickScale command button. Scala can be chosen from the
 Processing options-Advanced integration tab under the