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Methods in Enzymology

Volume 277, 1997, Pages 505-524
Methods in Enzymology

[26] Raster3D: Photorealistic molecular graphics

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This chapter discusses Raster3D, which is a suite of programs for molecular graphics. Crystallographers were among the first and most avid consumers of graphics workstations. Rapid advances in computer hardware, and particularly in the power of specialized computer graphics boards, have led to successive generations of personal workstations with ever more impressive capabilities for interactive molecular graphics. For many years, it was standard practice in crystallography laboratories to prepare figures by photographing directly from the workstation screen. No matter how beautiful the image on the screen, however, this approach suffers from several intrinsic limitations. Among these is the inherent limitation imposed by the effective resolution of the screen. Use of the graphics hardware in a workstation to generate images for later presentation can also impose other limitations. Designers of workstation hardware must compromise the quality of rendered images to achieve rendering speeds high enough for useful interactive manipulation of three-dimensional objects.

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