VMD: Render image using Tachyon Renderer

Example of the render following the instruction below.

I'm sharing the instructions for rendering the graphical image in VMD using the Tachyon renderer. This tutorial is tested with VMD for Linux and Windows OS.

Go to Display --> Display Setting --> Shadow ON, and Ambient Occl. ON
Go to File --> Render..
Choose "Tachyon (internal, in-memory rendering)".
Name the output file and browse where that file will be saved (PNG is recommended).
In the Render Command, add the following setting

-fullshade -auto_skylight 0.7 -aasamples 12 %s -format PNG -res 6000 4000 -o %s.png

This will render the image in PNG with a resolution of 6000 pixels x 4000 pixels.

Then start rendering. You have to wait for a while. The rendering process time depends on the image's resolution you specified.

You can also run the following command in the VMD console:

render TachyonInternal molecule.png -fullshade -auto_skylight 0.7 -aasamples 12 %s -format PNG -res 6000 4000 -o %s.png

Rangsiman Ketkaew

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