Saturday, November 1, 2014

how to use vmd to make a movie

Now you have one trajectory.xyz file from your MD simulations. And you want to make a nice movie using VMD.
1. open your VMD menu, extension/visulization/movie maker.
2. Click Format, choose MPEG-1.
3. Click Render, choose Tachyon (other selection could cause something weird).
4. Click Movie Setting, choose TRAJECTORY.
5. Make sure you choose the directory for your movie.
6. Choose frame interval (Trajectory step size) so that you do not have a too long movie.
7. MAKE SURE YOU KNOCK THE ENTER KEY for EVERY NUMBER INPUT. Otherwise you will have some weird mistakes.

Now wait for your movie.