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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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Light = Overview = Lighting is important for high-quality shots. PyMOL supports of up to 10 virtual lights. You can turn the lights on/off and also position them where you want (behind the camera). Light2..Light9 control where the other lights go. Normal lighting Light1 moved a bit. Notice how the shadows have changed. Syntax # set the light to some position. The 'position' # must be a vector specifying the XYZ location # to put the light. set light, position # for example set light, [ -0.55, -0.70, 0.15 ] User Hint Moving lights make for a cool effect; you can make this look better by smoothing out the distances and ranges. : One neat trick, for rendering a "sunset" on your protein is to turn off all the lights, then render the scene as you move the light across the scene. The shadows move across the protein based on the light position and it looks like the sun is setting. The Code Here's the code for ..→

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.

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