PyMol Movie Functions

Molecule Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟PyMol Movie Functions

This chapter provides quick introductions on using PyMol to build movies for help visualizing molecules in PyMol.

These sections are omitted from this Web preview version. To view the full content, see information on how to obtain the full version this book.

What Is State in PyMol

Frames and "mset" Command

"mplay" Command and Movie Settings

mdo" Command to Change Views

"madd/minsert/mdelete/mcopy/mmove" Commands

"until.mroll()" - Movie Rolling Function

"movie.produce" - Export Movie File in MPEG Format

Takeaways:

PyMol uses the "state" concept to represent a particular arrangement of molecule structure objects.
PyMol creates new states when loading multiple molecule structures from files.
PyMol uses the "frame" concept to represent a single image in a set of still images that generates moving pictures when played sequentially at a high speed.
PyMol defines frames with the "mset" command based on states.
PyMol "mplay" command lets you to play all frames at a given frame rate and other movie settings.
PyMol "mdo" command lets you to specify commands to be executed when a given frame is played.
PyMol "madd/minsert/mdelete/mcopy/mmove" commands let you to update frames already defined in the movie set.
PyMol "until.mroll()" function lets you to generate "mdo" commands for a range of frame to roll the camera 360 degrees.
PyMol "movie.produce" command lets you to export movie to a file in MPEG file.