VMD High Resolution Image and Movie
A nice wiki can be found here . The followings are my take home notes from various blogs and wikies. High resolution image Here are some steps which I usually follow to make high quality image from VMD. Set the visualization screen (vmdscene) according to requirement Render the vmdscene using tachyon mode. File -> Render -> Tachyon Change the default Render command to have something like "/tachyon_path/tachyon_exe" -aasamples 12 %s -format TGA -res 1024 1024 -o %s.tga (The resolution can be tuned by changing the value for -res option (which is 1024 1024 in this case). Enable Ambient occlusion lighting in the Display -> Display Settings window by selecting "on" in "Amb. Occl" and "Shadows" choosers. If AO effect is being used, the choice of material also affect the final visual effects. Use "Diffuse", "AOshiny", "AOChalky", or "AOEdgy" materials. If th