Hi Billy,

Another alternative can be using our free DS Visualizer. htt= p://accelrys.com/products/discovery-studio/visualization-download.php

With minimal UI driven adjustments to you can easily create an image= like this one.

Cheers,

Francisco

Sr. Product Manager

http://accelrys.com

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From= : owner-chemistry+francisco.hernandez=3D=3Daccelrys.com:ccl.net [mailto:own= er-chemistry+francisco.hernandez=3D=3Daccelrys.com:ccl.net] On Behalf Of Bi= lly McCann bwm0005() tigermail.auburn.edu
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 20= 12 3:59 PM
To: Francisco Hernandez-Guzman
Subject: CCL: Creating &quo= t;cartoony" molecular images

Sent to CCL by: Billy McCann [bwm0005 * tigermail.auburn.edu] Greetings Al= l.

I'm attempting to create molecular images which are very "c= artoony" in nature, i.e. no lighting or shine on the atoms, bonds repr= esented as thick black lines, etc.

For example, see the following i= mage linked below:

http://www.auburn.edu/~bwm0005/sample2.jpg<= /o:p>

The software which was previously used is designed for an outdated platf= orm (classic Mac) and so I'm searching for a replacement.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 t= he 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 purpose= s would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Billy

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Bill= y Wayne McCann

Acevedo Research

Aubu= rn University, Alabama

Office # =3D 3= 34-844-6948

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