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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
This is an attempt at using [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_(software) Blender], an open-source, free, 3D modeling software to render, pose and animate objects exported from Pymol. | |||
Blender may be downloaded freely for all major platforms (Win/Mac/Linux), from: http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/ | Blender may be downloaded freely for all major platforms (Win/Mac/Linux), from: http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/ | ||
A great starting place for getting comfortable with Blender is the Blender Wiki: http://wiki.blender.org/ | |||
== | These tutorials are for Windows. | ||
== Tutorials == | |||
Representative examples. Please change/improve. | Representative examples. Please change/improve. | ||
=== 1. Translucent Surfaces === | === [[1. Importing a PyMol Structure into Blender]] === | ||
=== [[2. Translucent Surfaces]] === | |||
High quality translucent surfaces, better than PyMOL's internal renderer/ray-tracer. | High quality translucent surfaces, better than PyMOL's internal renderer/ray-tracer. | ||
=== [[3. Joining Atoms]] === | |||
[[ | |||
== Why Blender? == | |||
* Blender is FREE (as in beer) | |||
* Blender is Open Source and therefore FREE (as in freedom) | |||
* Blender is an extremely capable 3D graphics program and perhaps the only FOSS program capable of taking on similar commercial software head-to-head (Maya/Max/Modo etc.) | |||
* To see some examples of what Blender can do check out: | |||
** http://www.elephantsdream.org/ | |||
** http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/ | |||
** http://www.yofrankie.org/ | |||
== Blender Help == | |||
Blender is a perfect complement to PyMOL for creating high quality images and animation, but has a pretty steep learning curve. The following are a few resources that may be of help along the way: | |||
* http://www.blender.org/education-help/ | |||
* http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Beginner_Tutorials | |||
* http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=91 | |||
* http://blenderartists.org/forum/ | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
* Blender : http://www.blender.org/ | * Blender : http://www.blender.org/ | ||
Latest revision as of 00:48, 25 October 2014
| HELP! : Fellow Blenderheads please help improve this page!!! |
Introduction
This is an attempt at using Blender, an open-source, free, 3D modeling software to render, pose and animate objects exported from Pymol.
Blender may be downloaded freely for all major platforms (Win/Mac/Linux), from: http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/
A great starting place for getting comfortable with Blender is the Blender Wiki: http://wiki.blender.org/
These tutorials are for Windows.
Tutorials
Representative examples. Please change/improve.
1. Importing a PyMol Structure into Blender
2. Translucent Surfaces
High quality translucent surfaces, better than PyMOL's internal renderer/ray-tracer.
3. Joining Atoms
Why Blender?
- Blender is FREE (as in beer)
- Blender is Open Source and therefore FREE (as in freedom)
- Blender is an extremely capable 3D graphics program and perhaps the only FOSS program capable of taking on similar commercial software head-to-head (Maya/Max/Modo etc.)
- To see some examples of what Blender can do check out:
Blender Help
Blender is a perfect complement to PyMOL for creating high quality images and animation, but has a pretty steep learning curve. The following are a few resources that may be of help along the way:
- http://www.blender.org/education-help/
- http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Beginner_Tutorials
- http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=91
- http://blenderartists.org/forum/
References
- Blender : http://www.blender.org/