[Chimera-users] POV-RAY rendering and labels

[Francesco Pietra]

Hi Heleine
Thanks for all documentation.
2D labels make even more difficult to appreciate the dept.
An alternative is through jmol/jsmol

Sll the best
Francesco

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 5:37 PM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

> Hi Francesco,
> The rendering process with Povray does not include the regular 3D labels,
> only 2D labels.  Usually the 3D labels are not so great for figures anyway,
> although I understand it is more work to add 2D labels.
> <
> https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/2dlabels/2dlabels.html
> >
>
> Personally, because of the many limitations of the Chimera-to-Povray
> process
> <
> https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/raytracing.html#limitations
> >
>
> ...I avoid using it.  I can get a much better appearance just with Chimera
> rendering. You can turn on shadows in Chimera, for example, with command:
>
> set shadows
>
> <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/set.html#shadows>
>
> ... and there are other commands (or you can use the Lighting tool) to
> increase shininess and get other effects.  See "image tips"
> <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/print.html#tips>
>
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
> > On Aug 26, 2022, at 2:33 AM, Francesco Pietra via Chimera-users <
> chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hello
> > In my hands, with CHIMERA (v 1.15 Linux64 X11),  POV-RAY rendering does
> not reproduce labels, only an interrogation mark in their place.
> >
> > Thanks for advice
> >
> > francesco pietra
>
>
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