AMBER Archive (2005)

Subject: Re: AMBER: Making movie from AMBER trajectory

From: David Bevan (drbevan_at_vt.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 07 2005 - 12:50:19 CST

Varsha,

I am running Mac 10.4.3 and used VMD recently to create a movie. I had
to install netpbm to get this to work. It is available from fink (I use
FinkCommander to do the installs). In VMD, be sure to select
"Trajectory" in the movie settings menu, and you can disable the
"Delete image files" under movie settings. When I created the movie,
the image files were temporarily present, but were deleted and I was
left with the desired mpeg file.

Dave Bevan

On Nov 7, 2005, at 1:28 PM, Carlos Simmerling wrote:

> I have no experience with VMD on a mac so I really can't
> help. Try the VMD mailing list.
>
> Varsha Goyal wrote:
>
>> Dear Carlos,
>> I am using Mac 10.4.3. After reading your mail i
>> belive that i really don't know how to create movie.
>> Can you please tell me proper way to do it and what
>> software i do need to install in addition to VMD .
>> Thanks a lot,
>> Varsha Gupta
>>
>>
>>
>> --- Carlos Simmerling
>> <carlos.simmerling_at_stonybrook.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> do you have videomach installed? I'm not sure how
>>> you are rendering the movie since I don't even know
>>> what
>>> OS you are using. I use windows XP with videomach.
>>> in the moviemaker plugin, you can disable the
>>> deletion of
>>> the image files under "movie settings".
>>>
>>> Varsha Goyal wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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