From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2007 - 20:34:21 CST

On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Arneh Babakhani wrote:

AB> Yes, or nconvert will also do the trick (tends to run faster than GIMP) .
AB> . . I was just wondering if there was a way to render to jpg in VMD, b/c
AB> I'd like to script it (taking many snapshots). I could always write two

i think your problem is that you didn't put the script into proper
quotation.

render snapshot output {convert %s jpg:%s.jpg ; rm %}

should work fine.

cheers,
  axel.

AB> scripts: one to generate the snapshots in vmd, then another to convert
AB> them to a different format (using nconvert, or gimp).
AB>
AB> Thanks!
AB>
AB> Arneh
AB>
AB>
AB> > One more thing: if you're using Linux, there are many programs you can
AB> > use for converting purposes. I like GIMP...
AB> >
AB> >
AB> > On Dec 3, 2007 12:58 AM, L. Michel Espinoza-Fonseca
AB> > <mef_at_ddt.biochem.umn.edu> wrote:
AB> >> Hi,
AB> >>
AB> >> What I usually do is just convert the image (let's say eps or bmp one)
AB> >> to a whatever format I need to (i.e., tiff or jpg) by using an
AB> >> external image editor, such as photoshop. That usually works pretty
AB> >> well.
AB> >>
AB> >> Cheers,
AB> >> Michel
AB> >>
AB> >>
AB> >> On Dec 2, 2007 10:02 PM, Arneh Babakhani <ababakha_at_mccammon.ucsd.edu>
AB> >> wrote:
AB> >> > Hi,
AB> >> >
AB> >> > I'm trying to render a snapshot from the tcl console, and would like
AB> >> to
AB> >> > have it in a jpg or gif format (don't need high quality).
AB> >> >
AB> >> > I'm trying to follow the example on p. 87 of the VMD manual, where it
AB> >> > suggests:
AB> >> >
AB> >> > render snapshot MySnaphot convert %s eps:%s.ps
AB> >> >
AB> >> > to get a snapshot in ps format. This works fine.
AB> >> >
AB> >> > But how does one render to achieve a gif or jpg format? I tried to
AB> >> execute:
AB> >> >
AB> >> > render snapshot MySnapshot convert %s jpg:%s.jpg
AB> >> >
AB> >> > but the convert part doesn't work, nor for convert %s.gif:%s.gif . I
AB> >> > probably just have bad syntax, am I missing something here?
AB> >> >
AB> >> > Thanks,
AB> >> >
AB> >> > Arneh
AB> >> >
AB> >> >
AB> >> >
AB> >>
AB> >
AB>
AB>
AB>

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