Sorry, I accidentally forgot to CC the list on my response to Jim. Yes, the culprist is one of the 600+ settings (ray_label_specular to be exact). Recipe for jet-black labels below...
fragment methane zoom label all, name bg white unset depth_cue unset ray_label_specular set label_color, black set label_font_id, 7 set label_size, 30 ray Cheers, Warren > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Vertrees [mailto:j...@cs.dartmouth.edu] > Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 5:12 AM > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [PyMOL] Distinct labels on white background (ray tracing)? > (JimRemington) > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:52:25 -0700 > > From: Jim Remington <reming...@molbio.uoregon.edu> > > Subject: [PyMOL] Distinct labels on white background (ray tracing)? > > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Message-ID: <4a26e289.3040...@molbio.uoregon.edu> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > I would like to have distinct labels for hydrogen bond lengths on a > > ball-and-stick image > > with white background (as required for publication in a particular > > journal). No matter > > what I do, the labels come out washed out and usually light grey. This > > includes > > experimenting with label color, size and font (is there a bold font?). > > > > For the record, I've tried the clues in the wiki and forum, for example > > I've turned off > > ray-trace-fog, depth cueing, ray-shadowing and very high resolution > images. > > I still get light grey labels on white background. Does anyone have > > further suggestions? > > > > Thanks much, Jim > > Jim, > > I can also reproduce this. I think it's either a bug or one of the 600 > settings has a default that is throwing this off. If you need this ASAP > and don't mind the extra steps, here's a workaround. You make two > photos and composite them. Here's how (with comments): > > # prepare the scene; and hide your labels > set ray_opaque_background, 1; > bg_color white; > hide labels; > > # set up your scene & ray trace it > png layer1.png, ray=1, height=yourSize, width=yourWidth, dpi=yourDPI > > # now hide everything but the labels and ray trace the scene > # in mode3--which does make black labels: > set ray_opaque_background 0; > hide; > show labels; > set ray_trace_mode, 3; > > # do NOT move the scene in any way; ray trace it > png layer2.png, ray=1, height=yourSize, width=yourWidth, dpi=yourDPI > > # go into the GIMP or Photoshop and composite the images > # (put layer2 on top of layer1) or if you have ImageMagick > system composite layer2.png layer1.png finalImage.png > > # [optional] Send me $50. :-) > > > To get an idea of compositing, check out the 2nd example image/script > from: > http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/Gallery > > Lastly, Warren I'm sure has a one-line answer, but this should get you > going. > > HTH, > > -- Jason > > -- > > Jason Vertrees, PhD > > Dartmouth College : j...@cs.dartmouth.edu > Boston University : jas...@bu.edu > > PyMOLWiki : http://www.pymolwiki.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > ---- > OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises > looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest > innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and > enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. > Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) > Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
