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From: L. Michel Espinoza-Fonseca (mef_at_ddt.biochem.umn.edu)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2007 - 17:59:55 CST

One more thing: if you're using Linux, there are many programs you can
use for converting purposes. I like GIMP...

On Dec 3, 2007 12:58 AM, L. Michel Espinoza-Fonseca
<mef_at_ddt.biochem.umn.edu> wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
>