Terry, The trick is to render large and then reduce. With recent versions, you can do something like this
# To get a 300 dpi PNG file for a 4 inch by 3 inch image... # Ray-traced: ray 1200,900 png hires_ray.pdb, dpi=300 # OpenGL: draw 1200,900 png hires_ogl.pdb, dpi=300 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:war...@delsci.com > -----Original Message----- > From: pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of > Terry Jones > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:43 PM > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [PyMOL] Producing publication quality images > > Hi. I'm wondering if there's a way to make pymol produce > high-quality images suitable for publication. > > I've used ray/png to produce images, but the person I pass > them on to tells me they're only 50 to 100 dpi, and they're > wanting 300 dpi if possible. > > Is there a way to do this in pymol? Or can I export image > data and use some other tools to get to a 300dpi image? > > BTW, I'll try to make sure that pymol gets credited in the paper. > > Thanks, > Terry > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking > scripting language that extends applications into web and > mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime > developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > > > >
