[Chimera-users] Fading structures/surfaces in/out

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Gustaf,
Yes, that is the whole purpose of the “frames” option.  Your command is correct to fade in the atoms from 100% transparency… is it not working for you? 

>     transp 0,a :17.het frames 160

 If you want to fade in the surface, should be “s” instead of “a”.
I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco


> On Jun 12, 2018, at 1:13 AM, Gustaf Olsson <gustaf.olsson at lnu.se> wrote:
> 
> Making a movie using a CMD script I am using something like the following to fade structures in/out
> 
>     transparency 95 :17.het; wait 8
>     transparency 90 :17.het; wait 8
>     transparency 85 :17.het; wait 8
> […]
>     transparency 10 :17.het; wait 8
>     transparency 5 :17.het; wait 8
>     transparency 0 :17.het; wait 8
> 
> Is it possible to use the “frames” function in transparency to achieve the same? Assuming that transparency is set to 100% and I want to fade in of course.
> 
>     transp 0,a :17.het frames 160
> 
> Best regards
> // Gustaf