[PyMOL] Re: "ray" doubts

2002-01-18 Thread Andrey Khavryuchenko
Ricardo, "RA" == Ricardo Aparicio wrote: RA> - is it necessary? Does it make great difference in the final quality of RA> figures published (in the case of a paper)? Yes, ray-traced images have much better quality than simple and fast render for interactive use. RA> - does it renderize(?) a

RE: [PyMOL] "ray" doubts

2002-01-18 Thread DeLano, Warren
Ricardo, Yes, ray makes a huge difference in quality. You get true specular reflections (not just OpenGL interpolations), you get perfectly round spheres, you get shadows, you get clean transparent surfaces (without artifacts), and you get better depth-cue fogging (although with light backgroun

[PyMOL] "ray" doubts

2002-01-18 Thread Ricardo Aparicio
Dear PyMol users, as stated in the manual, command "ray" creates a ray traced image of the current frame. This can take some time (up to several minutes, depending on image complexity). My question is: - is it necessary? Does it make great difference in the final quality of figures publi