On 06/26/2013 01:29 PM, Oliver Clarke wrote:
> Hi all,
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> This is perhaps more of a wish list request… I often use coot to make density figures for presentations of a structure still in progress, but it is difficult to convey the shape or quality of density from a 2D snapshot.
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> A feature that perhaps might be helpful in this regard would be to add an option, in addition to taking a simple screenshot, to take an "animated screenshot".
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> I would envision the user being able to select the rotation axis (x, y or z), and coot stitching together a few screenshots to create an animation of rocking about said axis, perhaps 10 or 20 degrees either side.
This is indeed what I did for some of the videos on google +.
(set-make-movie-mode 1)
It makes ppms not gifs. I used ffmpeg to make a .avi - I suppose that
you can also make an animated gif (not tried it).
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> I realize this is a feature that will probably be near the bottom of the list in terms of desired features, but I believe it would be helpful for conveying density quality and the fit of the structure to the density to those not actively involved in the model building process.
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:-) and I agree.
Paul.
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