Peter, PyMOL does read the alpha, but it doesn't support compositition with the software at present, so there is no practical use for this capability.
set show_alpha_checker load transparent.png Will demonstrate that the alpha is read by adding a checker pattern to the background. It sounds, you'd like it superimposed over the existing scene for purposes of alignment. Thanks for the suggestion! Cheers, Warren -- Warren L. DeLano, Ph.D. Principal Scientist . DeLano Scientific LLC . 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 213 . South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA . Biz:(650)-872-0942 Tech:(650)-872-0834 . Fax:(650)-872-0273 Cell:(650)-346-1154 . mailto:[email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Peter Adrian Meyer > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 7:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PyMOL] load_png doesn't support alpha (transparency)? > > Hi all, > > I noticed today that when reading a png file using load_png, > the alpha channel does not appear to be respected (regions of > the png that should be transparent are not transparent but > show up as white). > > Does anyone know if this by design, a bug, or something I'm > doing incorrectly setting my alpha channel in the png file? > > If you're wondering why I'm trying to do this; I'm attempting > to generate two aligned figures from models that are in > crystallographic origins. The end goal is to have maps in > each of these figures also aligned for comparison, so I can't > just transform the models to get them aligned (use of the > align command is out for similar reasons; unless there's a > way to get the transformation matrix generated by model > alignment and apply it to a map that I'm not aware of). > > Thanks, > > Pete > > Pete Meyer > Fu Lab > BMCB grad student > Cornell University > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep > through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX > search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as > surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > > > >
