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From: Peter Kroon (p.c.kroon_at_rug.nl)
Date: Wed Aug 01 2018 - 03:48:45 CDT

Hi all!

I sent this mail earlier, but I think it got buried in everyone's
holidays. Does anyone who's just come back from their well-earned
holidays and conferences have any insights?

Peter

On 09-07-18 16:36, Peter Kroon wrote:
> Hello world!
>
>
> I would like to turn a VMD scene into a pretty picture. I want this
> picture to be high resolution (~3315x4000px), and using AO and Depth of
> Field. I have tried the following, continually running into issues:
>
> 1) Use Tachyon-OptiX: I can't put the desired resolution. If I do, it
> fails immediately with a memory error. See also
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/27940.html
>
> 2) Use Tachyon internal: Creates a super fuzzy picture, probably because
> the meaning of 'Aperture' changed from 'x' to '1/x'.
>
> 3) Use external Tachyon renderer: If I fix the 'Aperture'; and changing
> FocalDist to FocalLength I *almost* get the picture I want, but it seems
> the FocalLength option is simply ignored (see also
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/15285.html). This
> happens with both 0.98.9 and 0.99b6.
>
> Does anyone have anything else I can try? I build all the software from
> source, in case it matters.
>
>
> Peter
>