CCL: Creating "cartoony" molecular images

[Emilio Gallicchio <emilio]_[biomaps.rutgers.edu>]

 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
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  Dr. Emilio Gallicchio
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  BioMaPS Institute - Rutgers University
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 On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Billy McCann bwm0005()
 tigermail.auburn.edu <owner-chemistry : ccl.net> 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 The software which was previously used is designed for an outdated platform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
 >
 >
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