Re: [PyMOL] trouble with fading for sticks in a movie

Hi Yarrow,

set_bond stick_transparency, 0.5, myObj

Cheers,

-- Jason

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Yarrow Madrona <ama...@uc...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have previously been able to do a "fake" fade on surface transparency by
> doing the following:
> where "testout" is an object in pymol.
>
> mdo 449: set transparency, 1, testout
> mdo 550: show surface, testout
> mdo 551: set transparency, 0.7, testout
> mdo 552: set transparency, 0.6, testout
> mdo 553: set transparency, 0.5, testout
> mdo 554: set transparency, 0.4, testout
> mdo 555: set transparency, 0.3, testout
> mdo 556: set transparency, 0.3, testout
> mdo 557: set transparency, 0.1, testout
> mdo 558: set transparency, 0, testout
>
>
> The surface will slowly come to life between frames 449 and 558. However,
> if I try doing this with
> "set stick_transparency", nothing happens. I have tried to do this using
> scenes, however the object simply disappears instead of fading. I would
> love some help on this. I am interested in python scripting as well as I
> know a little python but not sure how to implement it in pymol. Thanks!
>
>
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