CinePlex v3 Manual - Plexon Inc

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4.2 Getting Started
This section describes a quick-start example to provide familiarization with
CinePlex Editor. The screens, views, and operations mentioned in the quick-start
procedure appear in much greater detail in the reference chapter; see Chapter 5,
CinePlex Editor Reference.
4.2.1 Using the Quick Start Files
This quick-start example uses two sample data files that do not install with Cine-
Plex Editor: CM_Quickstart.plx and CM_Quickstart.avi. Because these two files
are very large, they are located in the Quickstart folder on the CinePlex installation
CD. As an alternative, instead of using CM_Quickstart.plx and
CM_Quickstart.avi, the user may use any video data file (AVI) collected with
CinePlex Studio together with a neural data file (PLX, NEX, DVT) collected by
a tool such as Recorder or MAP. Before using the quick-start sample files,
Plexon recommends copying them to the local disk on the computer to improve
performance.
The quick-start example consists of the following series of procedures:
• 4.2.2 Setting Up a New Project
• 4.2.3 Understanding the CinePlex Editor Main View
• 4.2.4 Defining a New Marker
• 4.2.5 Creating Marker Occurrences
• 4.2.6 Saving and Exporting the Data
• 4.2.7 Re-opening a Project File
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