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Hi Kevin,
Did you recompile the mew code after correcting it?
Also, perhaps your mask is all-black? Make sure you use the correct
threshold for the automasking procedure.
HTH, S

> Dear Sjor,
>
>       I am currently on the particle polishing step of processing my
> protein (~600kDa) and have encounter the same error after multiple
> runs. I receive the following error:
>
> + Reconstructing two halves of shiny particles ...
> == Reading input half-reconstructions:
>   + half1-map:
> Refine3D/run04_movie_ct20_data_shiny_half1_class001_unfil.mrc
>   + half2-map:
> Refine3D/run04_movie_ct20_data_shiny_half2_class001_unfil.mrc
> == Using a user-provided mask ...
>   + input mask:                    Refine3D/postprocess_run04_automask.mrc
> == Masking input maps ...
>   + randomize phases beyond:       -247.678 Angstroms
> Postprocessing::run ERROR: FSC curve never drops below randomize_fsc_at
>
> I have looked up and tried a few suggestions from previous post regarding
> this error including the additional argument of --bfactor_running_avg 3
> and it did not work. My bfactor.star file includes frames with values and
> frames with -nan for BFactorUsedForSharpening and
> FittedInterceptGuinierPlot columns. What is the best way to check what is
> causing this error or to resolve this issue? My input parameters for
> particle polishing includes: Running Average Window: 7 (same value used in
> the "Refinement with Movie-Particles" step 8.3 in tutorial), Stddev on
> Particle Distance (pix): 300, Highres-limit Per-Frame Maps (A): 6, and
> Lowres-limit B-factor Estimation (A): 20.
>
> Also, I have noticed a few output discrepancy during the Particle
> Polishing Step. In my movies, I have 32 frames, but I extracted frames
> 3-27 at the "Extraction the Movie-Particles" step. I noticed that the
> output files includes frames 1-25; therefore, I was wondering if Relion
> always reads the first frame as 1 (if frame 1 is actually frame 3 from the
> movie)? If so, then I found it odd that the first frame did not have any
> cross-sectional image when displayed it RELION. I saw that there was a bug
> in the movie extraction and corrected it as described in known issue
> website (http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/relion/index.php/Known_issue).
>
> Thank You in Advance,
> Kevin
>


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