PDB Studio

Controls

Source

PDB ID

From RCSB.

Chains – click to expand

Load a structure to populate.

Each chain has its own color, representation (Cartoon · Ribbon · Surface · Spheres · Ball+Stick · hidden), material, and glow. They override the global defaults from the right rail.

Selection

Auto-focus camera on selection

Hover any residue to identify it; click to pin it here; double-click to fly the camera to it. Turn on Auto-focus above to pull focus automatically.

Residue Accents

Highlight specific residues with their own color + glow. Renders as a sticks-and-spheres overlay on top of whichever representation the chain is using (cartoon, surface, etc.).

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Appearance

Default material – applies to all chains

Components – auto-detected

Loaded structures are split automatically into protein / nucleic chains, ligands, ions and waters.

Ligand colour

Show ligands

Show ions

Show waters

Lighting

Key-light direction

Drag the dot to move the light around the molecule (left/right = around, up/down = high/low).

Exposure

Env. intensity

Ambient

Key light

Key color

Rim color

Rim intensity

Custom HDRI URL (.hdr / .exr)

Viewport background

Mode

Motion

Pink

Purple

White

Depth 55

Edge vignette — higher = more depth. Pairs with Depth of Field below.

Post-FX

Bloom

Strength

Threshold

Radius

SSAO (ambient occlusion) Enabled

Radius

Intensity

Depth of field Enabled

Focus distance

Max blur

Focus thickness 30

Low = razor-thin slice in focus (only a few atoms sharp). High = thick slab in focus (most of the structure sharp). "Focus distance" sets where that slab sits; "Max blur" caps how soft everything outside it gets.