AMBER Archive (2005)

Subject: Re: AMBER: Making movie from AMBER trajectory

From: Carlos Simmerling (carlos_at_ilion.bio.sunysb.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 08 2005 - 06:44:38 CST


there is really no need to make pdb files, VMD will read a series of
trajectory
frames just fine.

caoch_at_cherry.bio.titech.ac.jp wrote:

>Dear Varsh:
>
> One sure way to creat a movie is
>1, using Ptraj to creat a series of pdb files
>2, using VMD interface to convert these pdb files to image files
>3, using some movie maker programme to connect these image files to a
>movie
>
> it will take you some time but is a reliable method
>
> caoch
>
>
>>Dear Carlos,
>>I loaded my topology file and then my trajectory file.
>>Then i went under >Extension (in VMD) > movie maker.
>>It started creating pictures for all frame and started
>>saving in specified directory. It was taking too much
>>of time to do that. But Later when i checked the
>>saving directory nothing was there.
>>I gues that i just don't know the proper way.
>>
>>What do you mean by combining snapshots by using
>>another program??? i don't have any other program.
>>
>>Ross tutorial9 says that it should work by just
>>clicking makemovie option.
>>
>>Please help me...
>>Thanks
>>
>>--- Carlos Simmerling
>><carlos.simmerling_at_stonybrook.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>you'll need to be more specific. VMD does work for
>>>movies but
>>>I don't know if you use the same method that works
>>>for me.
>>>Please tell us which options you chose, and exactly
>>>what
>>>happens when "everything was gone". What do you
>>>mean?
>>>When does that happen, inside vmd or in the program
>>>that you
>>>use to combine the snapshots?
>>>
>>>Varsha Goyal wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>I got my trajectory file with 1000 frames in it now
>>>>
>>>>
>>>i
>>>
>>>
>>>>want to create movie. I was using VMD but it
>>>>
>>>>
>>>creates
>>>
>>>
>>>>pictures for all frames and then everything was
>>>>
>>>>
>>>gone.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Please help me !!!!!
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Varsha
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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