Dear Ted, You may also find this helpful
http://wiki.jmol.org/index.php/Creating_Movies#Images_from_a_script Also please noto bene that there was a bug in the entire version 12.2 series of Jmol releases that prevented writing any jpg images, until it was fixed in 12.2.12, so be sure you are using the latest version. An intro to using Jmol.jar for beginners: http://www.proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php/Jmol/Application -Eric At 1/21/12, Jonathan Gutow wrote: >Ted, > >Jmol.jar contains everything. JmolData.jar is stripped down for use >from the command line. Bob Hanson or someone else who uses it can >tell you more about it. Primarily it is intended for server side >and helper application uses. See: ><http://wiki.jmol.org/index.php/Files_Description#Notes>http://wiki.jmol.org/index.php/Files_Description#Notes > >To get a .png out of Jmol.jar, you need to use script commands or >the menus. See: ><http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/docs/#writeimage,frames>http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/docs/#writeimage,frames > >for the description of the write command. The script you use will >depend specifically on the case you have. However try something like: > >write PNG "filename" > >This should write the current frame to a .png file. > >Jonathan >On Jan 21, 2012, at 7:22 PM, Ted Cohen wrote: > >>In your recent post about automated processing, you refered to JmolData.jar >>but Angel wrote back referencing Jmol.jar. I have googled for any >>information >>on Jmoldata.jar and did not find any. >> >>I have a need to create .png images from .pdb files. >>Could you send me the code that you use to get a .png >>from jmol and a bit of an explanation of what Jmoldata.jar is, >>how/if it relates to jmol.jar and where the documentation is for >>invoking it directly. I am assuming that typically, a user interacts >>with Jmol.jar (the pretty user interface) and JmolData.jar is called >>by the front end to do the heavy lifting? >> >>Thanks in advance, >>Ted > > Dr. Jonathan H. Gutow >Chemistry >Department ><mailto:gu...@uwosh.edu>gu...@uwosh.edu >UW-Oshkosh Office: 920-424-1326 >800 Algoma Boulevard FAX:920-424-2042 >Oshkosh, WI 54901 > ><http://www.uwosh.edu/facstaff/gutow>http://www.uwosh.edu/facstaff/gutow > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Try before you buy = See our experts in action! >The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers >is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, >Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! >http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 >_______________________________________________ >Jmol-users mailing list >Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users /* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Eric Martz, Professor Emeritus, Dept Microbiology U Mass, Amherst -- http://Martz.MolviZ.Org Top Five 3D MolVis Technologies http://Top5.MolviZ.Org FirstGlance, used by Nature - http://firstglance.jmol.org 3D Wiki with Scene-Authoring Tools http://Proteopedia.Org Biochem 3D Education Resources http://MolviZ.org ConSurf - Find Conserved Patches in Proteins: http://consurf.tau.ac.il Atlas of Macromolecules: http://atlas.molviz.org Interactive Molecules in Public Spaces http://MolecularPlayground.Org Workshops: http://workshops.molviz.org World Index of Molecular Visualization Resources: http://molvisindex.org Molecular Visualization EMail List (molvis-list): http://list.molviz.org Protein Explorer - 3D Visualization: http://proteinexplorer.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - */ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
