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Revision 12 (Neil Voss, 04/15/2010 08:37 AM) → Revision 13/19 (Neil Voss, 04/15/2010 08:38 AM)

 
 A copy of this page is available at: 

   http://emg.nysbc.org/projects/tiltpicker/wiki/TiltPicker_Usage 

 h2. RUNNING THE PROGRAM: 
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 To run the program, type: 

   ./ApTiltPicker.py -1 image1.mrc -2 image2.mrc -p tiltpicks.spi 

 'tiltpicks.spi' is optional. I left an example in the tiltpicker folder. You must run the program in the tiltpicker folder. To run the example type: 

   ./runPicker.sh 

 If all works the picker will open up and you'll have two images of ribosomes. 


 h2. BUG TRACKING: 
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  TiltPicker bugs are now tracked via the AMI redmine server, visit 
  http://emg.nysbc.org/projects/tiltpicker/ 
  to file any bugs 


 h2. YOUTUBE MOVIE: 
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 I just made a screen capture video on how to use it. It is available is low resolution on youtube: 

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw1osPBY_JM 

 or you can download the full screen version from the appion.org website: 

  http://code.google.com/p/appion/downloads/list 

 I recommend using VLC to watch it: 

  http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ 


 h2. STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL: 
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 * Start TiltPicker 
 ** Extract TiltPicker, on command line type: 	

  tar -zxf tiltpicker-2.0.tgz 
 ** Go to tiltpicker directory, on command line type: 

  cd tiltpicker 	
 ** Display TiltPicker help, on command line type: 

  ./ApTiltPicker.py -h 
 ** Open TiltPicker, on command line type: 	

  ./ApTiltPicker.py -l data/rawu048b.jpg -r data/rawu049b.jpg -t 50.0 	


 * Initialize alignment: 
 ** Maximize window 
 ** Set correct zoom for images 
 ** Center the middle bar 
 ** Pick 5 partcle pairs 
 ** Save picks to a file 
 ** Hit the apply button, circles will NOT match crosses 
 ** Find theta (tilt angle) -- Hit *Theta...* 'Theta...' button, Hit *Run*, 'Run', Hit *Apply* 'Apply' 
 ** Optimize inplane rotations -- Hit *Optimize...*, 'Optimize...', Hit *Run* 'Run' a few times, Hit *Apply* 'Apply' 
 ** Use *Mask* 'Mask' button to only look at overlapping regions, overlap % is shown on status bar 
 ** Hit *Auto Optimize*, Auto optimize, it automatically performs last 3 steps find theta, optimize angles and mask in a single click 
 ** If you look at the Terminal it will tell you how many optimization rounds were performed 
 ** Use transfer picks button, this works but is based on the alignment parameters 

 * Auto pick particles 
 ** Measure particle size using ruler tool, zoom in to get best value 
 ** Run DoG picker with wrong contrast 
 ** Reject picks 
 ** Run DoG picker with correct contrast 
 ** Show terminal 
 ** Accept picks 
 ** Look at DoG map images 

 * Clean up particle picks 	
 ** Use clear bad picks button 	
 ** Use polygon tool 
 ** Auto optimize 
 ** Use cutoff button to remove picks below a threshold 
 ** Add more picks 
 ** Save and quit 

 h2. BUTTON DOCUMENTATION: 
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