Re: [PyMOL] Alpha Channel Support

[Jack S. <Ja...@ch...>]

On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 12:37 PM, Scott Classen wrote:

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> On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 02:44  AM, JP Cartailler wrote:
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>> Greetings,
>>
>> Will Pymol soon have alpha channel support?  Related to this, it would
>> also be useful to be able to render the Z-layer (Depth) as well.
>>
>> How about additional surfacing features, like surface curvature and
>> color-by-distance-from-atom-X... just my wish-list :)
>
> Yes, I agree. I would also like to see the ability to calculate a 
> distance-distance matrix between two surfaces in order to visualize 
> protein protein interfaces better.
>
> Wouldn't  it be nice to have all the functionality of GRASP built into 
> PyMOL so that we can throw those pesky SGIs away?

Speaking of surface features, have you (or others on this list) ever 
heard of the Gaussian Curvature or Mean Curvature of a surface (or 
hypersurface) being used as a descriptor?

- Jack Smith