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News development

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:00:00 GMT

The javascript menu of the help pages were modify to avoid some display problems. Furthermore, we are currently working on the next release of PMG. The improvement consist in the use of a new molecular engine : VMD combined to the raytrcing engine Tachyon (see here) which permit to produce image with nice ambient occlusion effects. We are also working on a new type of backrgound using 3d structure of lipid bilayer for membrane binding protein.

PMG v2.0

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:00:00 GMT

Release of PMG v2.0 , the principal new capabilitie is the use of the yasara engine, and also an update of the formular interface. The tutorial will be update accordingly.
The PMG v1.04 is still available here

PMG v2.0beta_2

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:00:00 GMT

New background types, and several bug fix in PMGv2.0 beta. Thus, it is now possible to upload your own image for the background, here are several examples:

t_neurone	image upload ex1	image upload ex2	image upload ex3

PMG v2.0beta_1

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:00:00 GMT

Two new background were developed for the PMGv2.0 beta, which are : t_shower and t_solvate (see gallery, and list of background). Original scenes comes from rune|vision.

PMG v2.0beta online

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:00:00 GMT

Beta version of PMG v2.0 is online here. This update includes simplification of the interface and addition of an alternative molecular graphism engine: YASARA.

PMG v1.04 new background

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:00:00 GMT

New backgrounds were add : t_rcolumns, t_blood_1 and t_blood_2 (see here the available background in PMG). The t_rcolumns background doesn't work with the complex scenarii.

PMG v1.04 online

Wed, 16 May 2007 13:00:00 GMT

v1.04 is online, PMG v1.03 is still available here : PMG3. News in PMG v1.04:
* the animation grid now permits to define the position of object in the z-plane (rear, center or front)(example).
* two additional background (ready made scene), coming from http://www.f-lohmueller.de/pov_tut/addon/insert0.htm, see here.

PMG published in NAR web service issue

Wed, 09 May 2007 13:00:00 GMT

PMG was published in Nucleic Acids Research, it is available here (advance access paper section), the full citation of PMG is :
Ludovic Autin and Pierre Tuffery, PMG: online generation of high-quality molecular pictures and storyboarded animations,Nucleic Acids Research Advance Access published on May 3, 2007. doi:10.1093/nar/gkm277.

PMG v1.03 online

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:00:00 GMT

v1.03 is online, PMG v1.02 is still available here : PMG2. News in PMG v1.03:
* Possibility to add a sub-title file (see here details and example).
* Improvement of the interface, and of the grid explanation.

PMG v1.02 online

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:00:00 GMT

v1.02 online, improvement of the waiting page (job ranking info, stop rendering and image(s) peview possiblity). The PMG version 1.01 is still available here : PMG1.

PMG v1.02 online

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:00:00 GMT

- January 2007: camera and lighting facilities added by Ludovic Autin.
- December 2006: more scenarii and animation facilities by Ludovic Autin.
- Late November 2006: Full production release, version 1.0. Temporary invalidation of dino only rendering.
- November 2006: many improvements by Ludovic Autin.
- October 2006: first implementation by Ludovic Autin and Pierre Tuffery.
- Late september 2006: proof of concept involving dino, povray.
- September 2006: First implementation of the "animation grid", mimicking a grid on the scene to position moving objects.
- June-August 2006: Independant branch from the Protein Picture Generator. Specification on how to define animations from a form.