Rec · T7 replication fork · molecular surface 31° · f/2.0 · 23.5 s · 16:9

A molecular animation studio · in the browser · local by default

Direct the machinery of life.

Launch the studio Open Molstudio Lab

Real structural data goes in. Cinematic motion and poster-resolution stills come out. The live preview stays responsive while you work, ray-traced final light is there when you want it, and all of it runs in the tab you just opened.

Illustrative Publication-guided choreography · time and DNA lengths compressed. T7RP · 6N9V + 6N7W
▶ 4 shots · 18.0s
Shot 01 · 0:00–4.5 Render Shot 02 · 4:50–9.0 Direct Shot 03 · 9:00–13.5 Annotate Shot 04 · 13:50–18.0 Roll your own
SHOT 01

Light that behaves like light

0:00–0:04.5

Direct the scene in a fast screen-space preview, then let the final frame converge as traced shadows, occlusion, bounce light and glossy reflection accumulate pass after pass. There is no render farm and no queue to wait in. The shot list:

AOpt-in final ray-traced lightShadow · AO · GI · Gloss
BSubsurface scatteringDepth in Å
CTriplanar PBR materials2K atlas · no UVs
DEnergy-conserving layersDiffuse · SSS · Coat
ECinematic colour & lensAgX · ACES · DOF · Bloom · Fog
FTiled still exportPoster res

Inside the pipeline →

Molecular surface at ultra detail
MOLECULAR SURFACE · ULTRA · PROBE 1.20 ÅREFINED 1024×
Protein
Membrane
Ceramic
Machined
SHOT 02

Motion you direct by pointing

0:04.5–0:09

Select a component in the frame and say what should happen. Guided animation asks one visible question at a time; the right-click menu starts the same outcomes exactly where you point. Every preview stays in the live viewport, and every result remains an ordinary editable record:

Routedraw the journey in the frame
Meetpin two visible sites and preview contact
Flexchoose a region, hinge axis and bend arc
Growpreview retained units from a chosen origin
Reactshow physical contact or a visible response
Revealanimate appearance without deleting matter
Framecompose camera mode, framing and focus

How Motion Lab works →

Style Animate Science

Guided animation · Ordinary records

Point, preview, create

Point→ Preview→ Create
Protein ordinary actor
Pose keys · drawn route
Contact anchors · chosen points
Camera keys · framed target

Focus viewport hides the panels, not the tools. Orbit a target or choose Free camera to travel independently. Right-click or long-press starts any major outcome where you point.

SHOT 03

Every claim is labelled

0:09–0:13.5

A demonstration should not quietly turn into evidence. Annotations and shots carry provenance, so the studio itself tells your audience that a camera move makes no claim about the molecule, that staged motion is illustrative, and that deposited coordinates were never touched. Citations export with the frames.

Experimentaldeposited structure, as measured
Simulationcomputed dynamics, declared as such
Interpolatedbetween conformations, not a pathway
Illustrativemanual staging for explanation, not evidence
Proceduralgenerated geometry: membranes, water
SHOT 04

Roll your own

0:13.5–0:18

Scene: yours · Take: 001

One browser tab and no account. Your project lives in a client-side document, and the deposited atoms are never modified.

01 Import a structure—or begin with a blank stage
02 Draw missing illustrative forms in Shape Lab
03 Direct the motion and key the camera
04 Render a still or a film from the tab
Does it need a server or an account?

No Molstudio backend is required. The editor, projects and rendering stay in the browser. If you deliberately connect AI Director to an external model, only the context shown in its preview is sent from your tab to the endpoint you choose. A supported secure browser can use the WebGPU hybrid for staged compute; the parity-complete production image renderer and compatibility path remain WebGL 2.

Where does my work live?

In a client-side project document holding shots, cameras, components and annotations. Deposited atom coordinates remain unchanged.

Can AI Director build a scene from empty?

Yes—after you review the plan. Imports and locally generated illustrative assets run as a separately approved construction stage. Molstudio then refreshes the sanitized context and asks again before applying any scene or animation edits.

Is the motion physically simulated?

No. Motion Lab is a visual motion system for demonstration, and it says so on every annotation through provenance labels.

What does it export?

High-fidelity stills at poster resolution through tiled rendering, with AgX or ACES colour, depth of field, bloom and fog baked into the frame.