Re: [PyMOL] multi-step movie

[Kristian R. <kri...@be...>]

Hello Gabriel,

Your Questions:

> 1. How can you make a molecule rotate 10 times only,

go to http://www.rubor.de/bioinf and download the movieScript module
and issue the following commands:

mvClear
mvRot 1-500,x,3600
mvCmd 501,mstop
movie

Explanation:
This tells movieScript to rotate the molecule in frames 1 to 500 around 
3600 degrees, then calls the mstop command in frame 501.


> 2. Is there any script command, that put the script on
> "hold" until you press the mouse or the keyboard
> button ? This is useful for multi-step movie.

I think this should be done using the raw_input("press any key")
function from a python script.


> 3. Is there any possibility to do zoom-in , for
> example, into the active site.

of course, there is (e.G. 'actsite' is your active site subselection):

hide all         # molecule gets invisible
orient actsite   # now the active site fills out all the screen
move z,-200      # zoom out
move x,50        # move a little to the side

# Now your molecule is ready to come to the scene:
show cartoon    # make the molecule visible
mvClear
mvSinmove 1-100,x,-50
mvSinmove 1-100,z,200
mvCmd 101,mstop
movie

best wishes,

   Kristian Rother