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From: Michael Geoffrey Klein (MGKlein_at_lbl.gov)
Date: Wed Mar 25 2009 - 09:35:25 CDT

I posted the same problem a few months ago. I prepared a really excellent electrostatic surface coloring using msms but when i rendered it the image came out white. The developers told me there is no fix in the present versions. The only fix was to use snapshot..

----- Original Message -----
From: Höfling Martin <martin.hoefling_at_gmx.de>
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:19 am
Subject: vmd-l: External renderer not rendering colors from volumetric data
To: vmd <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>

> Hey Folks,
>
> Rendering volumetric data as colors (e.g. on surfaces) such as
> output
> from apbs doesn't work for me:
>
> I used the apbs tools integrated into vmd to create volumetric
> maps.
> Initially my surfaces or other representations are white but if I
> adjust the range manually under Color Scale Data Range in
> Trajectory
> tab, I can get a nice snapshot. When using an external renderer
> to
> create high-res images - the surfaces are white again. I think this
>
> could be related to my previous color range setting.
>
> Any hints how I can workaround this?
>
> I tried this with vmd 1.8.6 on Linux X86_64 and Mac X86 as well as
> 1.8.7 alpha on mac. Renderes: Internal Tachyon, Tachyon and Povray
> showed the same behavior.
>
> Best
> Martin
>