[chimerax-users] Volume series

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Kotaro,
My understanding is that: 

(1) a volume morph is different than a volume series, and there is no option to show a slider control for a volume morph
(2) "volume morph" is the command to show the volume morphing
(3) you can record it  by putting a "movie record" command before the "volume morph" command, and a "movie encode" command after it.

For example, you could put commands something like the following in a plain-text file named myscript.cxc, and then open myscript.cxc in ChimeraX to execute it:

movie record
volume morph #1-10 playStep 0.01 frames 100; wait 100
movie stop
movie encode mymovie.mp4

See explanation of options of the "volume morph" command:
<https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/volume.html#morph>

Options of the "movie" command:
<https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/movie.html>

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 8, 2020, at 6:08 PM, Kotaro TANAKA <kttn8769 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm really a novice to chimerax, so please forgive me to ask two more questions...
> 
> I have created a volume morph by 'volume morph #1-10', and after that,
> 
> * How to open a morph control window (with a slider bar, play/stop/... buttons, etc.)
> * How to create a movie file from the morph (a single run of the morph)
> 
> It is difficult for me to find out how in the document https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/movies.html
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Kotaro