just came across this publication

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1933120


Published online 2007 July. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkm277.

PMG: online generation of high-quality molecular pictures and storyboarded
animations

Equipe de Bioinformatique Genomique et Moleculaire, INSERM UMR726, Universite
Paris Diderot-Paris 7, case 7113, 2,place Jussieu, 75251 Paris cedex 05, France
*To whom correspondence should be addressed. Phone: +33 1 44 27 99 25 331 43 26
38 30, Email: lud### [at] ebgmjussieufr
Received January 31, 2007; Revised April 6, 2007; Accepted April 11, 2007.

Abstract
The Protein Movie Generator (PMG) is an online service able to generate
high-quality pictures and animations for which one can then define simple
storyboards. The PMG can therefore efficiently illustrate concepts such as
molecular motion or formation/dissociation of complexes. Emphasis is put on the
simplicity of animation generation. Rendering is achieved using Dino coupled to
POV-Ray. In order to produce highly informative images, the PMG includes
capabilities of using different molecular representations at the same time to
highlight particular molecular features. Moreover, sophisticated rendering
concepts including scene definition, as well as modeling light and materials
are available. The PMG accepts Protein Data Bank (PDB) files as input, which
may include series of models or molecular dynamics trajectories and produces
images or movies under various formats. PMG can be accessed at
http://bioserv.rpbs.jussieu.fr/PMG.html

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