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David Mathog (mathog@seqvax.caltech.edu) wrote:

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: It all works quite well.  The main problem is that the 24 bit PICT files
: are huge and the disk on the Mac is small.  Additionally, the film recorder
: has a 3000 x 2000 pixel resolution (or something on that order), but the
: biggest snapshot can only be screen size, say 1200 x 1200 max,
: realistically, about 800 x 800.  Ie, when using the PICT method one can't
: use the full resolution of the slidemaker. 

You could go without snapshots in may cases. The Molscript/Raster3D combo 
which the original poster mentioned will produce rgb files if told so, 
and their resolution depends entirely on the header file for the render 
module of Raster3D. I typically have a set of header files which are identical
except for the resolution they specify. I then optimize my color specs and
other parameters in the Molscript input file at low resolution (=fast 
computation and full view) and then switch in the high-res header file for 
the final rgb. There are plenty of tools on SGIs that will allow you to 
convert this rgb file to any format that your output device requires.

This doesn't solve the disk space problem on the Mac side, though :-(.
But drives are quite cheap...

Just my 2 cts.

Christoph
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