File:C540 stereo animation.gif

English: Animation of a rotating Fullerene C540 structure.

Created in the free program RasMol 2.7.2.1.1 using the c540.pdb dataset and the following commands:

GUI options were: Options->Specular, Display->Sticks, Options->Stereo

Then, in the command line:

write frame-000.gif
set write true
script script.txt

where script.txt was a separate text file in the same directory, consisting of the same two repeating lines:

rotate y 03
write frame-001.gif
rotate y 03
write frame-002.gif
rotate y 03
write frame-003.gif
...

from 001 up to 119 (for a total of 120 images when combined with frame-000.gif).

This was then loaded in Adobe ImageReady, and saved as an animated GIF.

Hint: to see it in stereo, look at the right image with your left eye and vice versa. This technique is easiest to learn at several meters distance from your screen. You can also cover the extra unwanted images by holding in front of you two sheets of paper, making a slit to look through. The left sheet of paper should block your left eye from seeing the leftmost image, and the right sheet of paper blocks your right eye seeing the rightmost image.