Re: [PyMOL] visualizing a transparent surface within a transparent surface

2016-02-18 Thread Thomas Holder
Hi Nasir, Incentive PyMOL 1.7.6 introduced a cross-object order independent transparency mode (transparency_mode=3). The method is a heuristic and not as pretty as ray tracing, but useful since it guarantees that nothing gets accidentally hidden due to rendering method limitations. Not sure if

Re: [PyMOL] visualizing a transparent surface within a transparent surface

2016-02-16 Thread Nasir Bashiruddin
Thanks for the tip Adam! However, it would be nice to make movies in the way I requested. Nasir On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 12:41 AM, H. Adam Steinberg < h.adam.steinb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I get around this by rendering both items separately and then combining > the two images in photoshop. > > I

Re: [PyMOL] visualizing a transparent surface within a transparent surface

2016-02-16 Thread H. Adam Steinberg
I get around this by rendering both items separately and then combining the two images in photoshop. Is there a way to do what Nasir is asking directly in PyMOL? > On Feb 16, 2016, at 8:15 AM, Nasir Bashiruddin wrote: > > Hello! > > So, I've had this problem for a while now. > > I have a

[PyMOL] visualizing a transparent surface within a transparent surface

2016-02-16 Thread Nasir Bashiruddin
Hello! So, I've had this problem for a while now. I have a ligand that goes deep into a protein. I have the ligand with stick representation. I have the protein in cartoon representation. I have both ligand and protein surfaced with 0.5 transparencies. The ligand surface is yellow and the pro