[chimerax-users] polishing video

[Ruchika Bajaj]

Thanks Elaine for your suggestions !!
Regards
Ruchika

On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 10:12 PM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

>
> One more thing is that there is  "lighting gentle" that is similar to
> "lighting soft" so you may want to try both and see which one you like
> better.
>
> Elaine
>
> > On Oct 7, 2021, at 9:40 AM, Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users <
> chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ruchika,
> > Much of making a movie is artistic license, so there is no single set of
> parameters that we recommend for what makes a movie good.  It depends what
> you are showing, how much detail it has, which parts you want to bring
> attention to, etc. and how big of a resulting file would be acceptable.
>  So there is no substitute for simply trying a lot of different things and
> seeing what looks good to you.
> >
> > So all I can say is that those commands look generally reasonable.
> Whether they are the best for your specific situation is not known.
> >
> > My only correction is that you do not need "lighting simple" if you are
> going to use "lighting soft" after it.
> >
> > Best,
> > Elaine
> > -----
> > Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> > UCSF Chimera(X) team
> > Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> > University of California, San Francisco
> >
> >> On Oct 7, 2021, at 9:29 AM, Ruchika Bajaj via ChimeraX-users <
> chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Elaine
> >> Hope you're doing well !! I need to polish my videos. I am mainly using
> the following commands. I am just wondering if you have any more
> suggestions to improve the quality of the movie. Please let me know. I
> would appreciate your help in this regard.
> >> Thanks !!
> >> Regards
> >> Ruchika
> >>
> >> set bgColor white; lighting simple; graphics silhouettes true; lighting
> soft
> >> movie record supersample 3;
> >> movie encode quality higher
> >
> >
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