From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Wed Feb 15 13:29:00 2012 From: "Emilio Gallicchio emilio[#]biomaps.rutgers.edu" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Creating "cartoony" molecular images Message-Id: <-46300-120215100814-2967-MnBHrtrGKrx3ioJ2o5B+3Q#server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Emilio Gallicchio Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:08:03 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Emilio Gallicchio [emilio-#-biomaps.rutgers.edu] Molscript (http://www.avatar.se/molscript/index.html) by Per Kraulis used to be very popular for creating molecular cartoons. Some sample illustrations from our own work can be seen in this paper (and many others): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2005.08.009 Molscript is a powerful tool, but it's unclear to me whether it remains in current use and it is being actively maintained. Maybe Per Kraulis would be willing to comment? Emilio --  Dr. Emilio Gallicchio  Director of High Performance Computing  BioMaPS Institute - Rutgers University  Wright-Rieman Laboratories Room 205  610 Taylor Rd.  Piscataway, NJ  08854-8087  Email: emilio : biomaps.rutgers.edu  WWW: http://hpcp.rutgers.edu/~emilio  Phone: 732-445-5157   Fax: 732-445-5958 On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Billy McCann bwm0005() tigermail.auburn.edu wrote: > > Sent to CCL by: Billy McCann [bwm0005 * tigermail.auburn.edu] > Greetings All. > > I'm attempting to create molecular images which are very "cartoony" in nature, i.e. no lighting or shine on the atoms, bonds represented as thick black lines, etc. > > For example, see the following image linked below: > http://www.auburn.edu/~bwm0005/sample2.jpg > > The software which was previously used is designed for an outdated platform (classic Mac) and so I'm searching for a replacement.  I've tried many of the popular molecular imaging programs, but most create plastic and/or metallic looking images even after tweaking the settings. > > The product with which I've come closest is Chemcraft.  I adjusted the configuration of the trial-ware version to produce the following image, which is very close to my goal: > http://www.auburn.edu/~bwm0005/sample.jpg > > However, price may be an issue. > > Any suggestions for a less expensive or free alternative which you think will suite my purposes would be greatly appreciated. > > > Sincerely, > > Billy > > > +++++++++++++++++++ > Billy Wayne McCann > Acevedo Research > Auburn University, Alabama > Office # = 334-844-6948 > +++++++++++++++++++>      http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_message>      http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_message>      http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/sub_unsub.shtml>      http://www.ccl.net/spammers.txt> >