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From: Kevin C Chan (cchan2242-c_at_my.cityu.edu.hk)
Date: Mon Oct 13 2014 - 08:48:21 CDT

It gives shadows from the curved surface which confuses with the cartoon representations underneath.

Kevin
ukevi_at_gmx.hk

On 13 Oct, 2014, at 14:52, Norman Geist <norman.geist_at_uni-greifswald.de> wrote:

> What exactly does „less satisfactory“ look like?
>
> Norman Geist.
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> Von: owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu [mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu] Im Auftrag von Kevin C Chan
> Gesendet: Montag, 13. Oktober 2014 06:39
> An: VMD Mailing List
> Betreff: vmd-l: Transparency rendering by Tachyon
>
> Dear VMD users and Stone,
>
> I am currently encounter questions about Tachyon image rendering in VMD. Refer to http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/minitutorials/tachyonao/, I am very pleased by turning on AO. However whenever a transparent surface is present, it is less satisfactory. I have browsed the mailing-list and tried options like trans_vmd but it does not help much.
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> Can anyone share some experience on rendering images involving transparency, for instance, a transparent surface of the protein outside its cartoon representation?
>
> Thanks so much.
>
> Kevin
> ukevi_at_gmx.hk
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