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News & Updates
Official Release	PyMOL v2.5 has been released on May 10, 2021.
Python 3	New Python 3 compatibility guide for scripts and plugins
POSF	New PyMOL fellows announced for 2018-2019
Tutorial	Plugins Tutorial updated for PyQt5
New Plugin	PICv is a new plugin for clustering protein-protein interactions and visualization with available data from PDBe
Selection keywords	New polymer.protein and polymer.nucleic selection keywords. Thanks everyone who participated in the poll!
Plugin Update	MOLE 2.5 is an updated version of channel analysis software in PyMOL
New Script	dssr_block is a wrapper for DSSR (3dna) and creates block-shaped nucleic acid cartoons
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.

Usage