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News & Updates
Official Release	PyMOL, AxPyMOL, and JyMO v1.7 have all been released] today, January 14, 2014.
New Plugin	Bondpack is a a collection of PyMOL plugins for easy visualization of atomic bonds.
New Plugin	MOLE 2.0 is a new plugin for rapid analysis of biomacromolecular channels in PyMOL.
3D using Geforce	PyMOL can now be visualized in 3D using Nvidia GeForce video cards (series 400+) with 120Hz monitors and Nvidia 3D Vision, this was previously only possible with Quadro video cards.
New Plugin	GROMACS_Plugin is a new plugin that ties together PyMOL and GROMACS.
New Software	CMPyMOL is a software that interactively visualizes 2D contact maps of proteins in PyMOL.
New Script	cgo_arrow draws an arrow between two picked atoms.
Tips & Tricks	Instructions for generating movie PDFs using .mpg movies from PyMOL.
Older News	See Older News.

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Png png writes a png format image file of the current image to disk. Usage png filename[, width[, height[, dpi[, ray[, quiet]]]]] filename = string: file path to be written width = integer or string: width in pixels (integer or string without units), inches (in), or centimeters (cm). If unit suffix is given, `dpi` argument is required as well. If only one of `width` or `height` is given, the aspect ratio of the viewport is preserved. {default: 0 (current)} height = integer or string: height (see width) {default: 0 (current)} dpi = float: dots-per-inch {default -1.0 (unspecified)} ray = 0 or 1: should ray be run first {default: 0 (no)} quiet = 0 or 1: if 1, logged output is suppressed. {default: 0} Example png ~/Desktop/test.png, width=10cm, dpi=300, ray=1 PyMOL API cmd.png(string filename, int width=0, int height=0, float dpi=-1, int ray=0, int quiet=0) Comments Transparent Backgrounds Use the ..→

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.

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