Help:Making animations for Powerpoint

Any molecular scene in Proteopedia (or any Jmol website) can be converted to a rocking or spinning animation for presentations, such as Microsoft Powerpoint, free Google Slides, or free Libre Office.

Demonstration ExamplesDemonstration Examples

• In Google Slides
• Download in Microsoft Powerpoint

LimitationsLimitations

This method will make a presentation-ready rocking or spinning animation of a fixed molecular scene. See examples linked above. It will not convert complex Jmol animations such as Morphs or those in Molecular Playground/HIV Protease Inhibitor and Molecular Playground/Tamiflu into presentation-ready animations. However, morphs can be made presentation-ready using Polyview-3D. An example is the last slide in this downloadable Powerpoint demonstration of Polyview-3D animations. If you need help with a morph, please email .

Choose A MethodChoose A Method

• Windows: Use Method I. It works with or without Java, and in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Edge.

• Mac OS X:
  • If you only have one or a few animations to make, use Method I without Java. Method I is easiest, but you will have to wait several minutes for each animation to be generated in FirstGlance in Jmol.
  • If you are making many animations, or animating larger models (>5,000 atoms) in high quality, you may prefer to use Method II with Java. Method II is fussier to do and requires Java, but the animations will be generated by FirstGlance in Jmol in less than one-tenth the time required by Method I.

Method IMethod I

Display the desired molecular scene. Then:

1. Right click near the top of JSmol to open the JSmol menu. Click on Console.



2. Enter write "filename.spt" (where "filename" is something descriptive) in the lower part of the yellow-framed JSmol Console box that opens. Be sure to include .spt as the last 4 characters of the filename.



3. Click OK in the file save dialogs. The file will be saved in the location specified in the preferences of the browser you are using.
4. Go to FirstGlance in Jmol. Check "Use Java" if you have Java installed. Using Java will generate animations more than ten times faster. If you are using Java, Firefox is recommended. We do not recommend Internet Explorer because it often saves a defective (empty, zero bytes) file.
5. Display any molecule in FirstGlance (1d66 is fine).
6. Drag the SPT file and drop it into JSmol/Jmol_S in FirstGlance. The molecular scene from Proteopedia should appear in less than one minute.
7. Click on Save Image or Animation for Powerpoint, and choose Save Animation.



8. Follow the instructions that appear in the lower left panel of FirstGlance to save your animation GIF file.
9. Drag the saved GIF file and drop it into a slide in your presentation.

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