pyqmmm.md.ppm2png_converter

Takes the PPM image output from VMD and converts them to PNGs.

Module Contents

Functions

ppm2png_converter()

Converts a PPM to a PNG.

pyqmmm.md.ppm2png_converter.ppm2png_converter()[source]

Converts a PPM to a PNG.

When VMD is used to generate molecular movies, one common point of annoyance it that the output files are written as PPM. This script will convert the files to PNGs so they can be combined. Pnmtopng from Netpbm must be installed to perform the conversion.