If you are new to DeepLabCut, we have 3 resources we recommend before jumping in. (1) Please first read at the Nature Protocol paper; (2) Check out the quick video on navigating the docs; (3) Check out the free DeepLabCut Course: we have put together a "course" on the science of DeepLabCut and how to use it.
Otherwise, here are the links to all the key steps to get you up and running within a day!
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Decide on your needs: there are two main modes, standard DeepLabCut or multi-animal DeepLabCut. We highly recommend carefully considering which one is best for your needs. For example, a white mouse + black mouse would call for standard, while two black mice would use multi-animal. Important Information on how to use DLC in different scenarios (single vs multi animal) Then pick:
CLICK to launch an interactive graphic that walks you through more resources! (mini preview below)
A quick video to help you navigate the docs: Click on the image!
- Please note: what we cannot do is provided support or help designing your experiments and data analysis. The number of requests for this is too great to sustain in our inbox. We are happy to answer such questions in the forum as a community, in a scalable way. We hope and believe we have given enough tools and resources to get started and to accelerate your research program, and this is backed by the >700 citations using DLC, 2 clinical trials by others, and countless applications. Thus, we believe this code works, is accessible, and with limited programming knowledge can be used. Please read our Missions & Values statement to learn more about what we DO hope to provide you.