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From: Sebastián Gutiérrez (segumal_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Oct 20 2014 - 15:10:32 CDT

Actually, the best solution i've found is what Axel suggested.
I usually use the movie maker only to generate the images and then use
ffmpeg to generate the movie.
The important thing is to select a proper encoder and a suitable bitrate.

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Felipe Merino <
felipe.merino_at_mpi-muenster.mpg.de> wrote:

> In addition (as far as a remember), the quality of the images is modified
> when creating the movie. If you want to keep the quality, then you have to
> modify the parameters used by ffmpeg (-qscale 1??) or whichever program you
> are using.
>
> Felipe
>
> On 09/29/2014 02:58 PM, Norman Geist wrote:
>
> Change the renderer from Snapshot (Simple screen shot) to Tachyon.
> Additionally but optionally enable for Tachyon “Shadows” & “Ambient
> Occlusion” under ”VMD Main->Display->Display Settings”.
>
>
>
> Norman Geist.
>
>
>
> *Von:* owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu [mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> <owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>] *Im Auftrag von *ALIYUN
> *Gesendet:* Montag, 29. September 2014 12:06
> *An:* vmd-l
> *Betreff:* vmd-l: how to make the structures in the movie look better
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> I find in the movie produced by the VMD movie generator are not very
> ideal. The edges of the structure are unsmooth, whatever representation I
> use. This is more obvious when I use white backgroud instead of black
> backgroud. That seems to be hard for publication. Do you have any idea to
> handle this problems. Thanks.
>
>
>
> Yeping Sun
>
> Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
>
>
>
>
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