I always forget how to change the image size for rending molecular images in VMD using the (external) Tachyon rendering engine, so I thought I'd write down the steps here:
In the TCL console, get the aspect ratio correct for the image. So, for example to make a nice
Now, add simply add
Here's the result of one my renders:
In the TCL console, get the aspect ratio correct for the image. So, for example to make a nice
1920x1080
image, we'll make the view at half of that:
display resize 960 540
Now, add simply add
-res 1920 1080
to the end of the render command in the file render controls window. Here's an example of one of my render commands:
"$HOME/VMD/tachyon_LINUXAMD64" -aasamples 12 %s -format TARGA -o %s.tga -res 1920 1080
Here's the result of one my renders:
Bzou
2013-08-21T17:31:24.431Z
Nice picture. What are the graphical representation specifications (material, coloring method, etc)?
Andrew White
2013-08-21T17:50:50.577Z
Thank you! CPK is rep. Coloring was by atom. I changed the default atom colors (dark gray hydrogen, gray carbon, red oxygen, blue nitrogen). The material is AOChalky with an outline added.