Re: [PyMOL] Line transparency

[Thomas H. <tho...@sc...>]

Hi Praz,

There is no line transparency setting. But since the ray tracer anyway renders lines as thin sticks, you can show sticks instead of lines and use stick_transparency.

show sticks
hide lines
set stick_radius, 0.1
set stick_transparency, 0.5
ray

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
  Thomas

On 14 Jan 2017, at 16:48, Praz Nina <pr...@gm...> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> I am wondering if it's possible to vary the transparency of the line representation in PyMol.
> 
> Currently I display the protein as a cartoon, then duplicate the object and display it as a line (preset: technical, to be specific), but I want the line representation to be less visible. Of course I could render out 2 separate files and blend them in photoshop, but I'm wondering if it's possible in PyMol.
> 
> The set_transparency command is for surfaces and sliced, and the others are for cartoons, spheres and sticks. I couldn't find one for lines. 
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Thanks!

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Thomas Holder
PyMOL Principal Developer
Schrödinger, Inc.