CinePlex v3 Manual - Plexon Inc

4.2.4 Defining a New Marker
This procedure covers the steps required to define a new marker. The Markers
window in the upper left corner of the main view shows the set of markers
imported from the data files.
The >> indicator denotes the current marker. The Markers window shows the
following basic information about each marker:
• Name shows the name assigned to the marker. Marker names must be unique.
• Type indicates the abbreviation that denotes the type of the marker; for a
complete list of marker types, see “Table 5-1” on page 278.
• Count shows the number of occurrences or each marker type.
• Key indicates the keystroke that is associated with this marker, which can be
used to find and insert markers.
• Show indicates if the occurrences of this marker display in the Activity window.
• Display Color shows the color of the occurrences of this marker in the display
views.
For the purpose of this quick-start example, suppose the user wants to use Cine-
Plex Editor to invalidate intervals in the neural data that were corrupted by artifacts,
in this case from the animal chewing. This is done by defining a marker to
bracket the chewing interval as in the procedure below.
1 Click Pause.
Note: Although pausing is not required, the video can be distracting when
performing other operations in CinePlex Editor.
2 Define a new marker to denote the time intervals that are dominated by
artifacts. This can be done in three ways:
• Click the New Marker button,
• or, from the Edit menu, click Define New Marker,
• or, from the right-click menu in the Markers window, select Define New
Marker.
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