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From: L. Michel Espinoza-Fonseca (mef_at_ddt.biochem.umn.edu)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2007 - 17:58:31 CST

Hi,

What I usually do is just convert the image (let's say eps or bmp one)
to a whatever format I need to (i.e., tiff or jpg) by using an
external image editor, such as photoshop. That usually works pretty
well.

Cheers,
Michel

On Dec 2, 2007 10:02 PM, Arneh Babakhani <ababakha_at_mccammon.ucsd.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to render a snapshot from the tcl console, and would like to
> have it in a jpg or gif format (don't need high quality).
>
> I'm trying to follow the example on p. 87 of the VMD manual, where it
> suggests:
>
> render snapshot MySnaphot convert %s eps:%s.ps
>
> to get a snapshot in ps format. This works fine.
>
> But how does one render to achieve a gif or jpg format? I tried to execute:
>
> render snapshot MySnapshot convert %s jpg:%s.jpg
>
> but the convert part doesn't work, nor for convert %s.gif:%s.gif . I
> probably just have bad syntax, am I missing something here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arneh
>
>
>